PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1700

In 1700 the atlas holds 530 states standing across 6 regions. 25 things began that year - Piano, New Britain and Great Northern War among them - and 4 ended; 13 people were born and 7 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1700s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1700

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

States 2

Wars and battles 17

and 7 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1700

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

States 2

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1700 13

Died in 1700 7

Standing in 1700

The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.

Europe: 230 statesEurope230Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 108 statesSouth Asia108East and Southeast Asia: 59 statesEast and Southeast Asia59Americas and Oceania: 17 statesAmericas and Oceania17Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe230 states

and 220 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 44 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

and 28 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia108 states

and 98 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia59 states

and 49 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania17 states

and 7 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown24 states

and 14 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1675 – 1725: every state, war and life of 1700 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1700: 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.