PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1790 – 1799

The world in the 1790s

From 1790 to 1799 the atlas holds 630 states standing at some time. 270 things began - Beryllium, Titanium and Chromium among them - and 110 ended; 242 people were born and 193 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.

1790: 20 began — 6 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other17901791: 14 began — 3 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17911792: 28 began — 19 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17921793: 38 began — 32 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other17931794: 28 began — 19 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other17941795: 27 began — 8 wars and battles, 7 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other17951796: 29 began — 21 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other17961797: 26 began — 7 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other17971798: 33 began — 19 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other17981799: 26 began — 19 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other1799

What began in the 1790s

By kind, the best known first.

States 46

and 38 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 153

and 145 more in the atlas.

Regime change 5

Unrest and atrocity 27

and 19 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 21

and 13 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1790s

States 79

and 71 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 22

and 14 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 8

Treaties 1

Born and died

Born 242

and 226 more in the atlas.

Died 193

and 177 more in the atlas.

States of the 1790s

The states that stood at some time in the 1790s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1790.

Europe: 233 statesEurope233Middle East and North Africa: 78 statesMiddle East and North Africa78Sub-Saharan Africa: 45 statesSub-Saharan Africa45South Asia: 156 statesSouth Asia156East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas and Oceania: 22 statesAmericas and Oceania22Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe233 states

and 225 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa78 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa45 states

and 37 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia156 states

and 148 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia70 states

and 62 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania22 states

and 14 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown26 states

and 18 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1770 – 1819: every state, war and life of the 1790s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1795: 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.