Spanish Empire

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Spain

Kingdom of Spain

1808–1873

First Spanish Republic

1873–1874

Kingdom of Spain

1874–1931

Second Spanish Republic

1931–1936

Spanish State

1936–1938

Spanish State

1938–1945

Spanish State

1945–1977

Kingdom of Spain

1977–1981

Kingdom of Spain

1981–

The Americas

Spanish West Indies, –1898

Captaincy General of Cuba
1808–1873
(flags per Spain)

Republic of
Cuba in Arms

1874–1899

American Cuba

1899–1902

Republic of Cuba

1902–1906

Republic of Cuba

1906–

Province of
Santo Domingo
1861–1865
(flags per spain)

Dominican Republic

1865–1916

US Military Occupation

1916–1924

Dominican
Republic

1924–

Captaincy General of Puerto Rico
1808–1873
(flags per Spain)

US Territory of Puerto Rico
1898–1952
(flags per USA)

Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico

1952–1995

Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico

1995–

Spanish Guinea

Spanish Dependencies
1843–1926
(flags per Spain)

Elobey, Annobón, and Corisco

Spanish Colonies
1926–1956
(flags as per Spain)

Spanish Provinces
1956–1968
(flag as per Spain)

Republic of
Equatorial Guinea

1968–1969

Republic of
Equatorial Guinea

1969–1973

Republic of
Equatorial Guinea

1973–1979

Republic of
Equatorial Guinea

1979–

Fernando Poo

Rio Muni

Spanish Morocco

Sharifian Sultanate

–1912

French Morocco

1912–1956

Spanish Morocco

1912–1956

Republic of the Rif

1921–1926

WWII
Spanish
Occupation

Kingdom of Morocco

1956–

Tangier International Zone

1925–1940

Tangier International Zone

1945–1956

Cape Juby, 1912–1956 (flags per Spain)

Ifni, 1860–1969 (flags per Spain)

Spanish Sahara

Spanish Sahara
1884–1946
(flags per Spain)

Spanish
West Africa

1946–1958

Province of
the Sahara

1958–1975

Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
(SADR) 30% claimed

1975–

Western Tiris

1975–1979

Morocco
70% occupied

1975–

Western Sahara
non-self-governing territory

1991–

Saguía el Hamra
1884–1946
(flags per Spain)

Río de Oro
1884–1946
(flags per Spain)

Ifni (see above)

Asia-Pacific

Spanish East Indies
–1898

Captaincy General of the Philippines
1565–1898
(flags per Spain)

Spanish Colony
of Guam
1668–1898
(flags per Spain)

US Military
Government
1898–1919
(flags per USA)

US Military
Government
1898–1917
(flags per USA)

US Military
Government

1919–1936

US Military
Government

1936–1942

US Military
Government

1917–1941

Japanese
Occupation

1942–1945

Japanese
Occupation

1941–1944

Republic of the
Philippines

1946–1985

Republic of the
Philippines

1985–1986

US Military
Government

1944–1950

US Territory
of Guam

1950–

Republic of the
Philippines

1985–1986

Republic of the
Philippines

1986–1998

Republic of the
Philippines

1998–

Spanish Colony
of Las Marianas
1668–1898
(flags per Spain)

part of German
New Guinea

1898–1919

part of Japan under the South Seas Mandate

1919–1944

US
Administration

1944–1947

Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands

1947–1965

Trust Territory of
the Pacific Islands

1965–1976

Northern Mariana Islands

1976–1981

Northern Mariana Islands

1981–1985

Territory of the Northern Mariana Islands

1985–

Spanish Colony
of Palau
1710–1898
(flags per Spain)

1898–1914

1914–1944

1965–1979

p/o Fed. States of Micronesia

1979–1981

Republic of Palau

1981–