PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1890 – 1899

The world in the 1890s

From 1890 to 1899 the atlas holds 490 states standing at some time. 283 things began - Basketball, Fidel Castro and Neon among them - and 77 ended; 974 people were born and 319 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.

1890: 16 began — 1 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other18901891: 25 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 22 other18911892: 23 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 20 other18921893: 31 began — 5 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 21 other18931894: 33 began — 10 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 19 other18941895: 34 began — 12 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other18951896: 24 began — 7 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other18961897: 24 began — 7 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other18971898: 34 began — 15 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other18981899: 39 began — 19 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other1899

What began in the 1890s

By kind, the best known first.

States 26

and 18 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 81

and 73 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 26

and 18 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 3

Natural disasters 3

Treaties 16

and 8 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 126

and 118 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1890s

States 45

and 37 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 23

and 15 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 5

Famine and plague 3

Natural disasters 1

Born and died

Born 974

and 958 more in the atlas.

Died 319

and 303 more in the atlas.

States of the 1890s

The states that stood at some time in the 1890s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1890.

Europe: 95 statesEurope95Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 49 statesSub-Saharan Africa49South Asia: 152 statesSouth Asia152East and Southeast Asia: 67 statesEast and Southeast Asia67Americas and Oceania: 43 statesAmericas and Oceania43Location unknown: 21 statesLocation unknown21

Europe95 states

and 87 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa63 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa49 states

and 41 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia152 states

and 144 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia67 states

and 59 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania43 states

and 35 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown21 states

and 13 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1870 – 1919: every state, war and life of the 1890s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1895: 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.