PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1880 – 1889

The world in the 1880s

From 1880 to 1889 the atlas holds 499 states standing at some time. 216 things began - Brazil, Car and Bicycle among them - and 51 ended; 935 people were born and 310 died, 1 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.

1880: 19 began — 8 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other18801881: 19 began — 6 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other18811882: 27 began — 4 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 21 other18821883: 16 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other18831884: 27 began — 6 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other18841885: 35 began — 10 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 21 other18851886: 27 began — 1 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 23 other18861887: 14 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other18871888: 13 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other18881889: 18 began — 2 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other1889

What began in the 1880s

By kind, the best known first.

States 32

and 24 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 46

and 38 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 2

Natural disasters 6

Treaties 31

and 23 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 83

and 75 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1880s

States 31

and 23 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 20

and 12 more in the atlas.

Born and died

Born 935

and 919 more in the atlas.

Died 310

and 294 more in the atlas.

States of the 1880s

The states that stood at some time in the 1880s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1880.

Europe: 97 statesEurope97Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 61 statesSub-Saharan Africa61South Asia: 153 statesSouth Asia153East and Southeast Asia: 62 statesEast and Southeast Asia62Americas and Oceania: 39 statesAmericas and Oceania39Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe97 states

and 89 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa63 states

and 55 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa61 states

and 53 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia153 states

and 145 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia62 states

and 54 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania39 states

and 31 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown24 states

and 16 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1860 – 1909: every state, war and life of the 1880s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1885: 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.