Every "update to the map", which means any major changes to that of countries and their boundaries and such. An update to the map can include:
Country name change or Capital name change
Flag change
Creation or collapse of a country
Border change
Overseas Territories related changes
Border disputes
1 February - Spain is tranferred Pheasant Island.
13 July - France changes their flag.
1 August - France is tranferred Pheasant Island
19 April - Swaziland changes its name to Kingdom of Eswatini.
9 July - South Sudan declares independence from Sudan following a referendum.
17 February - Kosovo declares independence from Serbia, although Kosovo has limited recognisation and Serbia disputes its independence.
3 June - Montenegro delcares independence from Serbia following a referendum.
20 May - Timor-Leste declares independence, and is recognised by the United Nations.
1 July - Hong Kong is handed over to China from the United Kingdom.
15 November - Northern Cyprus declares independence and disputes with Cyprus wioth limited recognisation.
10 February - United Kingdom formally annexes Rockall in the Island of Rockall Act 1972.
21 September - State of Malta gains independence.
1 October - Australia is handed over Christmas Island from United Kingdom officially, and it became an Australian external territory.
18 September - United Kingdom annexes Rockall to the British Crown.
29 December - Australia acquired Heard Island and McDonald Islands as an external territory; United States did not recognise the claim and considered it Antarctic territory.
4 July - Philippines was given full sovereignty from the United States.
30 August - Hong Kong is handed over to the United Kingdom by Japan.
13 September - Nauru was surrended by Japan.
26 August - Japan occupies Nauru from Australia.
8 December - Japan occupied the Philippines.
25 December - Hong Kong is surrended and occupied by Japan from the United Kingdom.
30 June - Nazi Germany occupy the Channel Islands.
12 March - Anchluss (Annexation of the Federal State of Austria) occurs with Nazi Germany.
7 June - Vatican City becomes independent and succeeds the Papal States esssentially, ending disputes with Italy.
12 April - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland is renamed to United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland following the independence of Irish Free State.
6 December - Irish Free State was established, following the agreement of its independence from the United Kingdom.
9 February - Svalbard is granted full sovereignty to Norway.
15 November - Free City of Danzig is established as a city-state under League of Nations protection.
31 March - United States takes possession of the United States Virgin Islands.
23 December - Guam is captured by the United States Navy.
6 June - Christmas Island was annexed to the British Crown.
3 February - Rome is officially made the capital of Italy.
20 September - Kingdom of Italy takes control of Rome and the Papal States.
4 February - Confederate States of America breaks away from the United States, albeit unrecognised.
26 January - Hong Kong is occupied by the United Kingdom.
14 August - United Kingdom annexes Tristan da Cunha as a dependency of Cape Colony.
11 September - Heligoland was given to the United Kingdom.
1 January - Kingdom of Great Britain merged into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
19 June - Kingdom of Corsica is established, as a client state of the Kingdom of Great Britain.
4 July - The Declaration of Indepence is signed and gives the United States independence.
Kingdom of Great Britain claimed South Georgia as a territory.
12 March - Kingdom of Corsica is declared.
23 January - Liechtenstein becomes a soverign member of the Holy Roman Empire.
1 May - Kingdom of England and Kingdom of Scotland unite to form the Kingdom of Great Britain.
20 July - Kingdom of England captures Berwick-upon-Tweed from the Kingdom of Scotland following defeat in the Siege of Berwic kof 1333.
30 September - King William I of Scotland is defeated by King Henry II of England, and the Kingdom of England takes Berwick-upon-Tweed.