PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1850 – 1859

The world in the 1850s

From 1850 to 1859 the atlas holds 544 states standing at some time. 198 things began - New Caledonia, Lake Victoria and British Raj among them - and 54 ended; 459 people were born and 265 died.

Its years

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

1850: 11 began — 1 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other18501851: 14 began — 2 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other18511852: 20 began — 2 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other18521853: 13 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other18531854: 29 began — 15 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other18541855: 18 began — 8 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other18551856: 20 began — 4 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other18561857: 22 began — 7 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other18571858: 25 began — 4 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other18581859: 26 began — 14 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other1859

What began in the 1850s

By kind, the best known first.

States 26

and 18 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 61

and 53 more in the atlas.

Regime change 4

Unrest and atrocity 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 4

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 23

and 15 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 59

and 51 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1850s

States 34

and 26 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 16

and 8 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 2

Born and died

Born 459

and 443 more in the atlas.

Died 265

and 249 more in the atlas.

States of the 1850s

The states that stood at some time in the 1850s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1850.

Europe: 121 statesEurope121Middle East and North Africa: 64 statesMiddle East and North Africa64Sub-Saharan Africa: 53 statesSub-Saharan Africa53South Asia: 167 statesSouth Asia167East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 41 statesAmericas and Oceania41Location unknown: 29 statesLocation unknown29

Europe121 states

and 113 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa64 states

and 56 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa53 states

and 45 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia167 states

and 159 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia69 states

and 61 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania41 states

and 33 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown29 states

and 21 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1830 – 1879: every state, war and life of the 1850s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1855: 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.