PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1860 – 1869

The world in the 1860s

From 1860 to 1869 the atlas holds 538 states standing at some time. 396 things began - Canada, Argentina and Helium among them - and 98 ended; 562 people were born and 290 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.

1860: 26 began — 13 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other18601861: 46 began — 21 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 21 other18611862: 62 began — 51 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other18621863: 44 began — 32 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other18631864: 76 began — 55 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other18641865: 25 began — 13 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other18651866: 44 began — 33 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other18661867: 22 began — 2 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other18671868: 39 began — 15 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 22 other18681869: 11 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other1869

What began in the 1860s

By kind, the best known first.

States 32

and 24 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 238

and 230 more in the atlas.

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 20

and 12 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 3

Natural disasters 3

Treaties 21

and 13 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 76

and 68 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1860s

States 54

and 46 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 33

and 25 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 8

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 1

Born and died

Born 562

and 546 more in the atlas.

Died 290

and 274 more in the atlas.

States of the 1860s

The states that stood at some time in the 1860s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1860.

Europe: 119 statesEurope119Middle East and North Africa: 66 statesMiddle East and North Africa66Sub-Saharan Africa: 51 statesSub-Saharan Africa51South Asia: 159 statesSouth Asia159East and Southeast Asia: 71 statesEast and Southeast Asia71Americas and Oceania: 47 statesAmericas and Oceania47Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe119 states

and 111 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa66 states

and 58 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa51 states

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

South Asia159 states

and 151 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia71 states

and 63 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania47 states

and 39 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, 1840 – 1889: every state, war and life of the 1860s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1865: 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.