PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1770 – 1779

The world in the 1770s

From 1770 to 1779 the atlas holds 591 states standing at some time. 151 things began - United States, Oxygen and Nitrogen among them - and 30 ended; 249 people were born and 85 died.

Its years

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

1770: 9 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other17701771: 8 began — 1 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17711772: 8 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other17721773: 6 began — 1 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other17731774: 13 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other17741775: 25 began — 17 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17751776: 19 began — 17 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other17761777: 24 began — 17 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other17771778: 14 began — 8 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17781779: 25 began — 13 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other1779

What began in the 1770s

By kind, the best known first.

States 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 85

and 77 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 8

Works and ideas 30

and 22 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1770s

States 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 3

Born and died

Born 249

and 233 more in the atlas.

Died 85

and 69 more in the atlas.

States of the 1770s

The states that stood at some time in the 1770s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1770.

Europe: 209 statesEurope209Middle East and North Africa: 76 statesMiddle East and North Africa76Sub-Saharan Africa: 37 statesSub-Saharan Africa37South Asia: 150 statesSouth Asia150East and Southeast Asia: 74 statesEast and Southeast Asia74Americas and Oceania: 20 statesAmericas and Oceania20Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe209 states

and 201 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa76 states

and 68 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa37 states

and 29 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia150 states

and 142 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia74 states

and 66 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania20 states

and 12 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, 1750 – 1799: every state, war and life of the 1770s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1775: 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.