British Aden

British Aden was a colony in Arabia (Middle East) that lasted from 1839 to 1967 CE, about 128 years. Its people spoke Germanic languages (Gothic, Frankish, English, German, Dutch, Norse).

Port seized by the East India Company in 1839 as a coaling station on the route to India. An insurgency from 1963 forced British withdrawal in 1967.

See British Aden on the interactive timeline

Facts

Dates

1839 to 1967 CE

Duration

128 years

Type

Colony

Region

Arabia, Middle East

Language family

Germanic

Capital

Aden

Became

• People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 1967 to 1990 CE

Events in Middle East during its time

• 1908 Oil struck at Masjed Soleyman
• 1915 Armenian genocide
• 1916 Arab Revolt and Sykes-Picot
• 1923 Treaty of Lausanne
• 1948 Founding of Israel and the Nakba

Neighbours in Middle East

• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE
• Zaydi Imamate of Yemen 897 to 1918 CE
• Ottoman Syria and Palestine 1516 to 1918 CE
• Ottoman Iraq 1534 to 1918 CE
• Qajar dynasty 1789 to 1925 CE
• Russian Caucasus 1801 to 1917 CE
• Republic of Turkey 1923 CE to the present
• Saudi Arabia 1932 CE to the present
• Syria 1946 CE to the present
• Israel 1948 CE to the present

Elsewhere in the world at the same time

• Ethiopian Empire (Solomonic dynasty) 1270 to 1974 CE, North and West Africa
• Ottoman Empire 1299 to 1922 CE, Europe
• Portuguese Empire 1415 to 1999 CE, Europe
• Kingdom of Kongo c. 1390 to 1914 CE, Central and Southern Africa
• Mughal Empire 1526 to 1857 CE, South Asia
• Qing dynasty 1636 to 1912 CE, East Asia
• United States 1776 CE to the present, North America
• United Kingdom 1801 CE to the present, Europe
• Haiti 1804 CE to the present, Mesoamerica and Caribbean
• Russian Empire 1721 to 1917 CE, Europe

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