State · 1968 – 1969
Republic of Rose Island
A state of 1968 – 1969 — one year in Europe. Its own article says it was conquered by Italian police forces on 26.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- one year
- 1968 – 1969
- Symbols
- 3
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold.
How it ended, as its article says
Conquered by Italian police forces on 26, 1968-06-26. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
Rose Island was occupied by Italian police forces on 26 June 1968, subjected to a naval blockade, and eventually demolished in February 1969.
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
flag, undatedRose Island Flag · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sannita This W3C-unspecified vector image was created with Inkscape . 
flag, undatedRose Island Micronation flag · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Elevatorrailfan 
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Republic of Rose Island · CC BY 3.0 · Sannita
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood1 years
stood longer than 3% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1958 – 1979, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1969, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q1044668 (CC0) · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.