PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1750 – 1759

The world in the 1750s

From 1750 to 1759 the atlas holds 579 states standing at some time. 117 things began - Magnesium, Nickel and Seven Years' War among them - and 11 ended; 228 people were born and 80 died, 3 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.

1750: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17501751: 11 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other17511752: 10 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other17521753: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17531754: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17541755: 11 began — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17551756: 18 began — 9 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other17561757: 18 began — 16 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17571758: 19 began — 18 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17581759: 20 began — 18 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1759

What began in the 1750s

By kind, the best known first.

States 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 70

and 62 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 3

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 7

Works and ideas 25

and 17 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1750s

States 4

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

Born 228

and 212 more in the atlas.

Died 80

and 64 more in the atlas.

States of the 1750s

The states that stood at some time in the 1750s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1750.

Europe: 213 statesEurope213Middle East and North Africa: 78 statesMiddle East and North Africa78Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 138 statesSouth Asia138East and Southeast Asia: 71 statesEast and Southeast Asia71Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe213 states

and 205 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa78 states

and 70 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

and 30 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia138 states

and 130 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia71 states

and 63 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania16 states

and 8 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown25 states

and 17 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1730 – 1779: every state, war and life of the 1750s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1755: 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.