PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1700 – 1709

The world in the 1700s

From 1700 to 1709 the atlas holds 549 states standing at some time. 243 things began - Piano, Kingdom of Prussia and Kingdom of Great Britain among them - and 29 ended; 84 people were born and 87 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1700: 25 began — 17 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other17001701: 21 began — 12 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other17011702: 24 began — 22 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17021703: 27 began — 21 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other17031704: 36 began — 32 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17041705: 23 began — 20 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17051706: 22 began — 19 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other17061707: 21 began — 12 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other17071708: 25 began — 25 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other17081709: 19 began — 12 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other1709

What began in the 1700s

By kind, the best known first.

States 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 192

and 184 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 3

Treaties 16

and 8 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 3

Trade and piracy 1

What ended in the 1700s

States 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

Born 84

and 68 more in the atlas.

Died 87

and 71 more in the atlas.

States of the 1700s

The states that stood at some time in the 1700s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1700.

Europe: 236 statesEurope236Middle East and North Africa: 56 statesMiddle East and North Africa56Sub-Saharan Africa: 39 statesSub-Saharan Africa39South Asia: 115 statesSouth Asia115East and Southeast Asia: 62 statesEast and Southeast Asia62Americas and Oceania: 17 statesAmericas and Oceania17Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe236 states

and 228 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa56 states

and 48 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa39 states

and 31 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia115 states

and 107 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia62 states

and 54 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania17 states

and 9 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown24 states

and 16 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1680 – 1729: every state, war and life of the 1700s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1705: 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.