This is a list of former European colonies.
North America
Denmark
- Danish West Indies
- Greenland
- Colony of Greenland
- County of Greenland
- North Greenland
- South Greenland
France
- New France
- Canada
- Acadia
- Île-Royale
- Illinois
- Louisiana
- Saint-Domingue
Great Britain and England
- British America (New Britain)
- Canada
- Island of St. John
- Lower Canada
- Province of Quebec
- Upper Canada
- Newfoundland Colony
- "Thirteen Colonies" (The United States of America)
- New England Colonies:
- Province of Massachusetts Bay
- Province of New Hampshire
- Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
- Connecticut Colony
- Province of New York
- Province of New Jersey
- Province of Pennsylvania
- Delaware Colony
- Province of Maryland
- Colony of Virginia
- Province of North Carolina
- Province of South Carolina
- Province of Georgia
- Other North American colonies
- Province of East Florida
- Province of West Florida
- British Honduras
- Bay Islands
Iceland
- Greenland
Netherlands
- New Netherland (Nieuw-Amsterdam / New York)
Norway
- Greenland
Russia
- Russian Alaska
Scotland
- Nova Scotia
- Darien
Spain and Castile
Viceroyalty of New Spain
- Kingdom of New Galicia
- Province of Alta California
- Province of Old California
- Province of Colotlán and Nayarit
- Province of Guadalajara in New Galicia
- Province of Zacatecas
- Province of Arizpe
- Province of Durango
- Province of Texas
- Province of Coahuila
- Province of New León
- Province of New Santander
- Province of New Mexico
- Kingdom of México
- Province of Antioquia
- Province of Cartagena de Indias
- Province of Casanare
- Province of Chocó
- Province of New Pamplona
- Province of Mariquita
- Province of Neiva
- Province of San Faustino
- Province of Santa Fe de Bogotá
- Province of Riohacha
- Province of Santa Marta
- Province of Socorro
- Province of Tunja
- Kingdom of Quito