PastlasHistorical atlas

Century · 1701 – 1800

The world in the 18th century

From 1701 to 1800 the atlas holds 749 states standing at some time, 223 of them founded in it - United States and Greenland the best known - and 185 ending in it. 1,286 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - French Revolution, American Revolutionary War and Seven Years' War the best known of the events; 1,876 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 1701 to 1800, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 18th century

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

1701: 226 began — 196 wars and battles, 10 risings, regime changes and massacres, 20 other17011711: 153 began — 118 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 29 other17111721: 64 began — 46 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other17211731: 53 began — 29 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other17311741: 75 began — 49 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 22 other17411751: 115 began — 79 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 32 other17511761: 74 began — 33 wars and battles, 7 risings, regime changes and massacres, 34 other17611771: 151 began — 90 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 53 other17711781: 146 began — 49 wars and battles, 21 risings, regime changes and massacres, 76 other17811791: 229 began — 159 wars and battles, 33 risings, regime changes and massacres, 37 other1791

Wars and battles 848

and 840 more in the atlas.

Regime change 7

Unrest and atrocity 98

and 90 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 12

and 4 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Treaties 106

and 98 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 195

and 187 more in the atlas.

Trade and piracy 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

States founded and fallen

Founded 223

and 209 more in the atlas.

Ended 185

and 171 more in the atlas.

Born in the 18th century

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

and 1,852 more in the atlas.

States of the 18th century

Every state that stood at some time in the 18th century, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 286 statesEurope286Middle East and North Africa: 93 statesMiddle East and North Africa93Sub-Saharan Africa: 48 statesSub-Saharan Africa48South Asia: 169 statesSouth Asia169East and Southeast Asia: 84 statesEast and Southeast Asia84Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 34 statesLocation unknown34

Europe286 states

and 274 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa93 states

and 81 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa48 states

and 36 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia169 states

and 157 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia84 states

and 72 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania35 states

and 23 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown34 states

and 22 more; every state of Location unknown.

Its decades and years

The decades and years with a page of their own.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1700 – 1800: every state, war and life of the 18th century, region by region.
  • On the map in 1750: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.