This is a list of nations by when they recognized the United States.[1]

List

StateDateNotes
Morocco June 23, 1777 Morocco implicitly recognized the United States in 1777,[2][3] after Sultan Mohammed III signed a decree granting American ships protection and free access to Moroccan ports.[4] The Sultan previously expressed his desire to be a "friend of the Americans".[4] Morocco formally recognized the United States on June 23, 1786, when a treaty of peace and friendship was signed.[5]
FranceFebruary 6, 1778[6]Treaty of peace and trade signed by the Charles Gravier, Comte de Vergennes on the behalf of King Louis XVI.

Louis XVI previously stated that he recognized the sovereignty of the United States on December 6, 1777 but he had not signed the treaty.[6]

the NetherlandsApril 19, 1782The first official acknowledgement of the sovereignty of the United States of America was on November 16, 1776, when the first foreign salute[7] was given to the American Flag. The gun salute was given to the vessel USS Andrew Doria in Fort Orange on the Dutch island of St. Eustatius.[8][9] This event is known as the 'first salute'.[10]
PortugalFebruary 15, 1783[11]Diplomatic relations only began in 1791 following the Revolutionary War.[12]
SpainFebruary 20, 1783
SwedenApril 3, 1783[13]Officially in 1783 with the "The Swedish-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce". Unofficially the Swedish king Gustav III was the first head of state to recognise USA in 1777 [14] and expressed his excitement about "this new republic" in October 1786.[15]
RagusaJuly 7, 1783[16]de facto recognition
VeniceAugust 1783[17]
Great BritainSeptember 3, 1783Signing of the Treaty of Paris of 1783, ending the American Revolutionary War and recognizing U.S. independence.
Papal StatesDecember 15, 1784
PrussiaSeptember 18, 1785
HamburgJune 17, 1790
GenoaOctober 25, 1791
Denmark-NorwayJune 9, 1792
BremenMay 28, 1794
TuscanyMay 29, 1794Exact date of recognition unknown, but occurred between May 29, 1794 and December 7, 1796.
AlgeriaSeptember, 1795[18]September 5, 1795.
TunisiaJune, 1796[19]Some time in mid-1796.
NaplesMay 20, 1796
TripolitaniaNovember 4, 1796
Austria1797Month and day unspecified
Piedmont-Sardinia1802Month and day unspecified
Russian EmpireOctober 28, 1803[20]
Mecklenburg-SchwerinJanuary 22, 1816
Gran Colombia June 19, 1822 As ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary on behalf of Gran Colombia Credentials are presented by Manuel Torres who established diplomatic relations with the United States and in turn is received as the first ambassador of Colombia by U.S. President James Monroe on June 19, 1822. This act represented the first U.S. recognition of a former Spanish colony's independence.
MexicoDecember 12, 1822
WürttembergNovember 21, 1825
HawaiiDecember 23, 1826[21]
HesseMay 14, 1829
OldenburgDecember 2, 1829
HanoverJanuary 8, 1830
Ottoman EmpireFebruary 11, 1830
BadenJuly 13, 1832
BavariaJuly 4, 1833
OmanSeptember 21, 1833[22]
Republic of TexasMarch 3, 1837[23]
ChinaJune 16, 1844[24]
NassauMay 27, 1846
BrunswickApril 5, 1848
ParmaJune 1850
IranJune 28, 1850
Schaumburg-LippeJune 16, 1852
Mecklenburg-StrelitzDecember 2, 1853
JapanMarch 31, 1854Perry Expedition
RyukyuJuly 11, 1854
ItalyApril 11, 1861[25]
Orange Free StateDecember 22, 1871[26]
SerbiaOctober 14, 1881[27]
KoreaMay 22, 1882[28]
Abyssinia (Ethiopia) December 27, 1903[29]
MontenegroOctober 30, 1905[30]
YugoslaviaFebruary 10, 1919[31]
AfghanistanJuly 26, 1921[32]
AlbaniaJuly 28, 1922
CanadaFebruary 18, 1927[33]
South AfricaNovember 5, 1929[34]
IraqJanuary 9, 1930[35]
Soviet UnionNovember 16, 1933[20][36]
PhilippinesJuly 4, 1946
Pakistan August 15, 1947
South KoreaJanuary 1, 1949[37]
TaiwanDecember 19, 1949[24]
South VietnamFebruary 7, 1950[38]
Bosnia and HerzegovinaApril 7, 1992[39]
SloveniaApril 7, 1992[40]
North MacedoniaFebruary 9, 1994[41]
VietnamJanuary 28, 1995[38]
Serbia and MontenegroNovember 12, 2000[42]
East TimorMay 20, 2002[43]
KosovoFebruary 18, 2008[44]
South SudanJuly 9, 2011[45]
Cook IslandsSeptember 25, 2023[46]
NiueSeptember 25, 2023[47]

See also

Notes

    References

    1. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "A Guide to the USA' History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776". United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
    2. ↑ Högger, Daniel (2015). The recognition of states : a study on the historical development in doctrine and practice with a special focus on the requirements. Zürich. ISBN 978-3-643-80196-8. OCLC 918793836.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
    3. ↑ "U.S. Relations With Morocco". United States Department of State. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
    4. 1 2 Roberts, Priscilla H.; Tull, James N. (1999). "Moroccan Sultan Sidi Muhammad Ibn Abdallah's Diplomatic Initiatives toward the United States, 1777-1786". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society. 143 (2): 233–265. ISSN 0003-049X. JSTOR 3181936.
    5. ↑ "Morocco - Countries - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 2022-12-18.
    6. 1 2 "La France reconnaît l'indépendance des Etats Unis. 1778". www.vallee-du-ciron.com. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
    7. ↑ First Foreign Salute to the American Flag, https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1906/02/11/101766312.pdf
    8. ↑ "Johannes de Graaff", Wikipedia, 2022-09-17, retrieved 2023-11-15
    9. ↑ "Barbara W. Tuchman", Wikipedia, 2023-09-14, retrieved 2023-11-15
    10. ↑ "First Salute". CABI Compendium. 2022-01-07. Retrieved 2023-11-15.
    11. ↑ https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/en/bilateral-relations/general-countries/united-states-of-america/
    12. ↑ https://portaldiplomatico.mne.gov.pt/en/bilateral-relations/general-countries/united-states-of-america/
    13. ↑ https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Franklin/01-39-02-0154%7CThe Swedish-American Treaty of Amity and Commerce, with Translation, 3 April [i.e., 5 March] 1783
    14. ↑ Klerkäng & Haverkamp, Anna & Roy T (1958). Sweden - America's First Friend. Örebro & Stockholm. pp. 4 & 8.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
    15. ↑ von Proschwitz, Gunnar T. (1992). Letter to countess de Boufflers 1776-10-18. Wiken. p. 149. ISBN 91-7119-079-1.
    16. ↑ Muljačić, Žarko (1956-06-04). "Odnosi Dubrovnika i Sjedinjenih Američkih Država". NAŠE MORE: Znanstveni časopis za more i pomorstvo (in Croatian). 3 (1): 65–70. ISSN 0469-6255.
    17. ↑ Ambrosini, Federica (1975). "Un incontro mancato: Venezia e Stati Uniti d'America (1776-1797)". Archivio Veneto. 106 (140): 136–137.
    18. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "algeria". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved April 14, 2023.
    19. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Tunisia". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
    20. 1 2 Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Russia". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
    21. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Hawaii". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 14, 2020. On December 23, 1826, the U.S. signed a treaty with the Kingdom of Hawaii thus indirectly recognizing Hawaiian independence.
    22. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Oman". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 14, 2020. The first formal act of diplomatic engagement and recognition between the United States and the Sultanate of Oman occurred on September 21, 1833, when a bilateral treaty of Amity and Commerce was signed at Muscat by Special Agent Edmund Roberts and His Majesty Seyed Syeed bin Sultan of Muscat.
    23. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Texas". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 14, 2020. The United States recognized Texan independence on March 3, 1837, when U.S. President Andrew Jackson nominated Alcée La Branche as Minister to Texas.
    24. 1 2 Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "China". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
    25. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Italy". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020. The United States officially recognized the Kingdom of Italy when it accepted the credentials of Chevalier Joseph Bertinatti as Minister Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Italy on April 11, 1861.
    26. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Orange Free State". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 20, 2020. The first known act of recognition between the United States and the Republic of the Orange Free State occurred in 1871 when plenipotentiaries for the two states signed a Convention of Friendship and Commerce and Extradition on December 22, 1871.
    27. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020. The United States recognized the Kingdom of Serbia as a sovereign nation on October 14, 1881, with the signing of consular and commercial agreements between the two nations.
    28. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Korea". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020. The United States and the Kingdom of Choson (Korea) engaged in their first official diplomatic interaction on May 22, 1882, when representatives of the two states signed a treaty of amity and commerce at Chemulpo, Korea. The treaty had been negotiated with the assistance of Chinese officials, since China had for many years had influence in Korea's foreign affairs due to a historical tributary relationship between the two countries. In fact, Korea was an independent state and this fact was acknowledged in the treaty.
    29. ↑ "History of the U.S. and Ethiopia". U.S. Embassy in Ethiopia. Retrieved 2020-12-11.
    30. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Montenegro". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
    31. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Kingdom of Serbia/Yugoslavia*". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020. On February 7, 1919, the United States recognized the Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes through a statement released to the press by the U.S. Acting Secretary of State Frank Polk. The United States considered this new state as the successor state to the Kingdom of Serbia.
    32. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Afghanistan". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020. The United States recognized Afghanistan on July 26, 1921, when President Warren G. Harding received a mission of the Afghan Government at the White House.
    33. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Canada". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 14, 2020. The United States recognized Canada as an independent state with autonomous control over its foreign relations on February 18, 1927, when Vincent Massey presented his credentials in Washington as Canadian Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.
    34. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "South Africa". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020. The United States recognized the Union of South Africa on November 5, 1929, when President Herbert Hoover accepted the credentials of Eric Hendrik Louw as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Union of South Africa.
    35. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Iraq". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 20, 2020. The United States recognized Iraq on January 9, 1930, when Charles G. Dawes, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, signed the Anglo-American-Iraqi Convention in London.
    36. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics*". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020. Normal diplomatic relations between the United States and Russia were interrupted in 1917 and were resumed on November 16, 1933, when President Franklin Roosevelt informed Soviet Foreign Minister Maxim Litvinov that the United States recognized the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and wished to establish normal diplomatic relations.
    37. ↑ "North America". South Korea: Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Korea. Archived from the original on 2015-07-22. Retrieved July 22, 2015. January 1, 1949: U.S. Official Recognition of the Republic of Korea
    38. 1 2 Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Vietnam". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
    39. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Bosnia and Herzegovina". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 20, 2020. The United States recognized Bosnia and Herzegovina as an independent state on April 7, 1992, when the George H.W. Bush Administration announced the decision in a White House statement.
    40. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Slovenia". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020. The United States recognized Slovenia as an independent state on April 7, 1992, when the George H.W. Bush Administration announced the decision in a White House statement.
    41. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "North Macedonia". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
    42. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Serbia". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
    43. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Timor-Leste". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
    44. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "Kosovo". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 13, 2020. The United States recognized Kosovo's independence and agreed to establish diplomatic relations on February 18, 2008, when Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice released a press statement announcing President George W. Bush's decisions.
    45. ↑ Office of the Historian, Foreign Service Institute. "South Sudan". A Guide to the United States’ History of Recognition, Diplomatic, and Consular Relations, by Country, since 1776. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 14, 2020.
    46. ↑ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/25/statement-by-president-biden-on-the-recognition-of-the-cook-islands-and-the-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/
    47. ↑ https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2023/09/25/statement-by-president-biden-on-the-recognition-of-niue-and-the-establishment-of-diplomatic-relations/
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