PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1900 – 1909

The world in the 1900s

From 1900 to 1909 the atlas holds 458 states standing at some time. 217 things began - Australia, Norway and Panama among them - and 67 ended; 876 people were born and 315 died.

Its years

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

1900: 19 began — 14 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other19001901: 19 began — 2 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 15 other19011902: 26 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 24 other19021903: 17 began — 2 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19031904: 34 began — 20 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other19041905: 31 began — 4 wars and battles, 11 risings, regime changes and massacres, 16 other19051906: 23 began — 1 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 18 other19061907: 16 began — 1 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other19071908: 16 began — 1 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other19081909: 16 began — 2 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 9 other1909

What began in the 1900s

By kind, the best known first.

States 21

and 13 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 49

and 41 more in the atlas.

Regime change 6

Unrest and atrocity 30

and 22 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Treaties 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 81

and 73 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1900s

States 37

and 29 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

  • Hafidiya · adverse regime change · 1907 – 1908

Unrest and atrocity 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Born and died

Born 876

and 860 more in the atlas.

Died 315

and 299 more in the atlas.

States of the 1900s

The states that stood at some time in the 1900s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1900.

Europe: 99 statesEurope99Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 34 statesSub-Saharan Africa34South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 60 statesEast and Southeast Asia60Americas and Oceania: 38 statesAmericas and Oceania38Location unknown: 13 statesLocation unknown13

Europe99 states

and 91 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 52 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa34 states

and 26 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia154 states

and 146 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia60 states

and 52 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania38 states

and 30 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown13 states

and 5 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1880 – 1929: every state, war and life of the 1900s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1905: 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.