PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 850 – 859

The world in the 850s

From 850 to 859 the atlas holds 229 states standing at some time. 18 things began - Tibetans, Lotharingia and Ancestral Puebloans among them - and 1 ended; 27 people were born and 16 died, 3 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.

850: 3 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other850851: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other851852: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other852853: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other853854: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other854855: 5 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other855856: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other856857: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other857858: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other858859: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other859

What began in the 850s

By kind, the best known first.

States 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 5

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 1

What ended in the 850s

States 1

Born and died

Born 27

and 11 more in the atlas.

Died 16

States of the 850s

The states that stood at some time in the 850s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 850.

Europe: 108 statesEurope108Middle East and North Africa: 29 statesMiddle East and North Africa29South Asia: 34 statesSouth Asia34East and Southeast Asia: 27 statesEast and Southeast Asia27Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe108 states

and 100 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa29 states

and 21 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia34 states

and 26 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia27 states

and 19 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania12 states

and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown19 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 830 – 879: every state, war and life of the 850s, region by region.
  • On the map in 855: 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.