PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1870 – 1879

The world in the 1870s

From 1870 to 1879 the atlas holds 495 states standing at some time. 263 things began - Qatar, Telephone and Gallium among them - and 62 ended; 656 people were born and 275 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.

1870: 35 began — 27 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other18701871: 31 began — 9 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other18711872: 12 began — 2 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other18721873: 13 began — 3 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other18731874: 14 began — 3 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other18741875: 22 began — 1 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other18751876: 29 began — 9 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other18761877: 31 began — 15 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other18771878: 32 began — 7 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 23 other18781879: 42 began — 14 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 27 other1879

What began in the 1870s

By kind, the best known first.

States 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 90

and 82 more in the atlas.

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 22

and 14 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 20

and 12 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 109

and 101 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1870s

States 28

and 20 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 26

and 18 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 5

Famine and plague 3

Born and died

Born 656

and 640 more in the atlas.

Died 275

and 259 more in the atlas.

States of the 1870s

The states that stood at some time in the 1870s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1870.

Europe: 103 statesEurope103Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 52 statesSub-Saharan Africa52South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 37 statesAmericas and Oceania37Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe103 states

and 95 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa52 states

and 44 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia155 states

and 147 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

and 55 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania37 states

and 29 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown23 states

and 15 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1850 – 1899: every state, war and life of the 1870s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1875: 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.