• Lascarins{{-}}

• Cankili II imprisoned and executed by Portuguese
• 11 February 1621: Tamils sovereignty ended

• Vanni region liberated from Dutch rule

• Vanni region lost to the British
• The last Tamil resistance against colonial rule was crushed.

• Formation of the Dutch Empire
• Portuguese Restoration War
• Portuguese victory in South America and Africa
• Dutch victory in the East

• Victory of the British forces
• Effectively ending the 2357 years old independence of the Sinhalese

• {{flagicon|UK}} United Kingdom
• British Cape Colony
• Natal Colony
• Rhodesia
• {{flagcountry|British Raj}}
• {{flag|Australia}}
  Before federation
• {{flag|Canada|1868}}
• {{flag|New Zealand}}

Foreign volunteers from:

• {{flag|Netherlands}}
• {{flag|German Empire}}
• {{flag|Belgium}}
• {{flagicon|France}} France
• {{flag|United States|1896}}
• {{flagicon|Italy|1861}} Italy
• {{flag|Russian Empire}}
• {{flagicon|Russia}} Russian Poland
• {{flagicon image|Union Jack of Sweden and Norway (1844-1905).svg}} Sweden
• {{flag|Denmark}}

• Treaty of Vereeniging:
  • All Boers to surrender arms and swear allegiance to the Crown
  • Dutch language permitted in education
  • Promise to grant Boer republics self-government
  • £3,000,000 compensation "reconstruction aid" to Afrikaners

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• {{flagcountry|British Raj}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Canada|1868|name=Dominion of Canada}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Australia}}{{-}}
• {{flag|New Zealand}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Union of South Africa|1912}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Newfoundland}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Belgium|state}}{{-}}
• {{flag|France}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Portugal}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Russian Empire}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Japan}}{{-}}
• {{flagicon|United States of America|1912}} United States{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Serbia}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Montenegro}}{{-}}

• {{flag|Austria-Hungary}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|German Empire}}
• {{flagicon|German Empire}} German Empire
• {{flag|Ottoman Empire}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria}}

• Treaty of Versailles:
• German demobilization

Treaties of Saint-Germain-en-Laye and Trianon:

• Demise of Austria-Hungary

Russia pulls out in 1917

• Russian Civil War
  • Creation of the Soviet Union
  • Joseph Stalin Rises to power

Creation of League of Nations:

• Mesopotamia ceded from the Ottoman Empire
• Palestine and Jordan ceded from the Ottoman Empire
• Tanganyika ceded from Germany
• Part of Kamerun ceded from Germany
• Part of Togoland ceded from Germany
• German New Guinea ceded to Australia
• German Samoa ceded to New Zealand
• German South-West Africa ceded to South Africa

• {{flagicon|British Ceylon}} British Ceylon{{-}}
• {{flagicon|France}} France{{-}}
• {{flagicon|Poland}} Poland{{-}}
• {{flag|Belgium}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Netherlands}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Luxembourg}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Czechoslovakia}}{{-}}
• {{NOR}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Greece}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Yugoslavia}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Soviet Union|1936}}{{-}}
• {{flag|United States|1912}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Canada|1921}}{{-}}
• {{AUS}}{{-}}
• {{flag|New Zealand}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|British Raj}}{{-}}
• {{NPL}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Union of South Africa}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Brazil}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Republic of China|name=China}}{{-}}

• {{flagcountry|Nazi Germany}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Italy}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Hungary|1940}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Empire of Japan}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Bulgaria}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Croatia}}{{-}}
• {{flagcountry|Kingdom of Romania}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Manchukuo}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Mengjiang}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Finland}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Thailand}}{{-}}
• {{flag|Vichy France}}{{-}}

• End of the German, Russian, Ottoman, and Austro-Hungarian empires
• Formation of new countries in Europe and the Middle East
• Transfer of German colonies and regions of the former Ottoman Empire to other powers
• Establishment of the League of Nations.

• Rebel forces surrender
• Ceylonese government reestablishes control over entire island

• Sri Lankan government decisive victory
• Rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam organisation is wiped out
• Sri Lankan government reestablishes control over entire island
• Tamil National Alliance drops the demand for a separate state