List of countries in 1888

Below is a list of countries of the world will follow in 1888 .

Explanation

 * All de facto independent states without broad international recognition are listed under the heading Not generally recognized countries .
 * The largely independent British Dominions are shown under the heading Dominions of the British Empire .
 * The dependent areas, i.e., areas which are not to be considered an integral part of the state where they depend on, are listed under the heading Non-independent areas . Vassal States are included.
 * Autonomous areas occupied territories and micronations are not shown on this page.

Constitutional changes in 1888 [ edit ]

 * February 11 : The British South Africa Company founds the protectorate Matabeleland . The Ndebele kingdom, which does not recognize the protectorate, takes this to exist de jure.
 * March 5 : The Kingdom of Alo and the Kingdom Sigave be as protectorates part of the French colony of New Caledonia .
 * March 16 : the French protectorate Raiatea is the colony French Oceania combined. De facto, however, it remains a personal protectorate until February 16, 1897.
 * March 16 : The Kingdom of Huahine is the colony French Oceania combined.
 * March 19 : The Kingdom of Bora Bora is in the colony French Oceania combined.
 * April 14 : The German protectorate Nauru is a part of the protectorate Jaluit .
 * May 12 : British North Borneo is a protectorate.
 * June 6 : Christmas Island is annexed by the British.
 * June 14 : The Kingdom of Sarawak is a British protectorate.
 * July 20 : The New Republic is the South African Republic joined.
 * September 3 : the areas of the British East Africa Association form the colony East Africa Protectorate . In this year, thus an end to the independence of Maasai , Nandi and the Wanga Kingdom .
 * September 9 : Easter Island by Chile annexed.
 * September 17 : Brunei becomes a British protectorate.
 * October 26 : The Kingdom of Rarotonga, the British protectorate Cook Islands .
 * October 30 : Herero be independent again. Formerly part of the protectorate of German South-West Africa .
 * November 24 : British West Africa is divided into the colonies Gambia and Sierra Leone .
 * December 9 : Italian African ports areas Massawa and Assab will be merged with the hinterland to the protectorate Assab.
 * December: The Sultanate of Hobyo is an Italian protectorate, which lays the foundation for Italian Somaliland .
 * The Sultanate of Pahang and Sri Menanti be British protectorates.
 * End of the independence of the Oyo Kingdom .
 * The country Bompey and British protectorate Shenge be in the British colony of Sierra Leone joined.
 * Portuguese vassal kingdom of Congo is in the colony Portuguese West Africa combined.
 * The sheikdom Aqrabi, the Wahidi Balhaf , Kathiri and Qu'aiti be protectorates of Aden Protectorate ) (part of British India ).
 * The Kingdom Kaarta is independent of the Empire of the Toucouleur .
 * Siamese annexation of the Kingdom Xhieng Khuang .

Not generally recognized countries [ edit ]
The following list includes countries which included not internationally recognized were, but in fact it were independent and had declared independence.

Non-independent territories [ edit ]
Below is a list of dependent territories .