Cyprus
16 August 1960 (from the UK); note - Turkish Cypriots
proclaimed self-rule on 13 February 1975 and independence in 1983,
but these proclamations are only recognized by Turkey
Czech Republic
1 January 1993 (Czechoslovakia split into the Czech
Republic and Slovakia); note - although 1 January is the day the
Czech Republic came into being, the Czechs generally consider 28
October 1918, the day the former Czechoslovakia declared its
independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as their independence
day
Denmark
ca. 965 (unified and Christianized under HARALD I Gormson);
5 June 1849 (becomes a constitutional monarchy)
Djibouti
27 June 1977 (from France)
Dominica
3 November 1978 (from the UK)
Dominican Republic
27 February 1844 (from Haiti)
Ecuador
24 May 1822 (from Spain)
Egypt
28 February 1922 (from UK protectorate status; the revolution
that began 23 July 1952 led to a republic being declared on 18 June
1953 and all British troops withdrawn 18 June 1956); note - it was
in ca. 3200 B.C. that the Two Lands of Upper (southern) and Lower
(northern) Egypt were first united politically
El Salvador
15 September 1821 (from Spain)
Equatorial Guinea
12 October 1968 (from Spain)