PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1760 – 1769

The world in the 1760s

From 1760 to 1769 the atlas holds 588 states standing at some time. 94 things began - Hydrogen, American Revolution and Carina among them - and 34 ended; 232 people were born and 75 died, 2 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.

1760: 14 began — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other17601761: 6 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17611762: 17 began — 12 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other17621763: 12 began — 2 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other17631764: 19 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other17641765: 6 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other17651766: 3 began — 0 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other17661767: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17671768: 8 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other17681769: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1769

What began in the 1760s

By kind, the best known first.

States 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 37

and 29 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 7

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 8

Works and ideas 26

and 18 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1760s

States 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

Born 232

and 216 more in the atlas.

Died 75

and 59 more in the atlas.

States of the 1760s

The states that stood at some time in the 1760s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1760.

Europe: 213 statesEurope213Middle East and North Africa: 78 statesMiddle East and North Africa78Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 148 statesSouth Asia148East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas 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 Asia148 states

and 140 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia70 states

and 62 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, 1740 – 1789: every state, war and life of the 1760s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1765: 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.