PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1780 – 1789

The world in the 1780s

From 1780 to 1789 the atlas holds 601 states standing at some time. 180 things began - Uranus, Carbon and French Revolution among them - and 32 ended; 256 people were born and 91 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.

1780: 25 began — 10 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other17801781: 43 began — 14 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 28 other17811782: 18 began — 9 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17821783: 14 began — 1 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other17831784: 9 began — 0 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other17841785: 11 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other17851786: 10 began — 0 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other17861787: 13 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other17871788: 15 began — 8 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other17881789: 20 began — 4 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other1789

What began in the 1780s

By kind, the best known first.

States 22

and 14 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 53

and 45 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 21

and 13 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 7

Works and ideas 72

and 64 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1780s

States 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 4

Famine and plague 2

Born and died

Born 256

and 240 more in the atlas.

Died 91

and 75 more in the atlas.

States of the 1780s

The states that stood at some time in the 1780s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1780.

Europe: 207 statesEurope207Middle East and North Africa: 78 statesMiddle East and North Africa78Sub-Saharan Africa: 40 statesSub-Saharan Africa40South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 76 statesEast and Southeast Asia76Americas and Oceania: 20 statesAmericas and Oceania20Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe207 states

and 199 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa78 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa40 states

and 32 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia155 states

and 147 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia76 states

and 68 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, 1760 – 1809: every state, war and life of the 1780s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1785: 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.