Dated events from published cases, in chronological order. Dates keep their real precision; a period filter includes any event whose date range overlaps it.
11 events.
· Conflict episode
The Mau Mau, mainly Kikuyu fighters seeking the return of land and self-rule, waged an armed uprising against British colonial rule from 1952 to 1960, met with a declared state of emergency, mass detentions, and a disputed casualty toll far higher than the official figure.
In: Kenya
· Conflict episode
A second, longer conflict between North and South Vietnam, with United States military involvement from the early 1960s, ended with the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
In: Vietnam
· Other
The founding of the BRN marked the start of organised modern Patani separatism.
In: Patani
· Conflict episode
Within days of independence, a Force Publique mutiny and the secessions of Katanga and South Kasai plunged the new state into crisis; the Congo Crisis lasted until Joseph Mobutu's coup on 25 November 1965 and is estimated to have caused roughly 100,000 deaths.
· Declaration
Madagascar's status as a self-governing republic was altered to that of a fully independent and sovereign state on 26 June 1960, proclaimed at the municipal stadium of Mahamasina under President Philibert Tsiranana, following negotiations and agreements with France.
In: Madagascar
· Declaration
Belgium transferred sovereignty over the Belgian Congo at a ceremony in Léopoldville on 30 June 1960, with Joseph Kasa-Vubu as President and Patrice Lumumba as Prime Minister of the newly independent Republic of the Congo.
· Agreement
Following the Zurich and London Agreements, the Cyprus Act, 1960 provided for an independent Republic of Cyprus, established on 16 August 1960 when the agreements' treaties took effect in Nicosia, with the United Kingdom retaining sovereignty over two Sovereign Base Areas.
In: Cyprus
· Recognition
The Security Council unanimously recommended the Republic of the Congo's admission to the United Nations on 7 July 1960, and the General Assembly admitted it on 20 September 1960.
· Recognition
The Security Council unanimously recommended the Republic of Cyprus's admission to the United Nations on 24 August 1960, and the General Assembly admitted it on 20 September 1960.
In: Cyprus
· Recognition
The Security Council unanimously recommended the Malagasy Republic's admission to the United Nations on 29 June 1960, and the General Assembly admitted it on 20 September 1960.
In: Madagascar
· International resolution
The UN General Assembly urged Austria and Italy to resume negotiations over the unimplemented Gruber–De Gasperi Agreement, after years of unrest in South Tyrol.
In: South Tyrol