PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1840 – 1849

The world in the 1840s

From 1840 to 1849 the atlas holds 562 states standing at some time. 191 things began - Switzerland, New Zealand and Hong Kong among them - and 68 ended; 355 people were born and 217 died.

Its years

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

1840: 6 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other18401841: 20 began — 6 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other18411842: 9 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other18421843: 8 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other18431844: 12 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other18441845: 12 began — 7 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other18451846: 30 began — 12 wars and battles, 8 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other18461847: 22 began — 10 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other18471848: 43 began — 12 wars and battles, 15 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other18481849: 29 began — 12 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other1849

What began in the 1840s

By kind, the best known first.

States 39

and 31 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 69

and 61 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 33

and 25 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 28

and 20 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1840s

States 39

and 31 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 23

and 15 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 6

Born and died

Born 355

and 339 more in the atlas.

Died 217

and 201 more in the atlas.

States of the 1840s

The states that stood at some time in the 1840s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1840.

Europe: 130 statesEurope130Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 51 statesSub-Saharan Africa51South Asia: 173 statesSouth Asia173East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas and Oceania: 46 statesAmericas and Oceania46Location unknown: 30 statesLocation unknown30

Europe130 states

and 122 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

and 54 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa51 states

and 43 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia173 states

and 165 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia70 states

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

Americas and Oceania46 states

and 38 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown30 states

and 22 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1820 – 1869: every state, war and life of the 1840s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1845: 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.