PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1722

In 1722 the atlas holds 528 states standing across 6 regions. 9 things began that year - Russo-Persian War, Battle of Gulnabad and Dummer's War among them - and 1 ended; 13 people were born and 9 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1720s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1722

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

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 1

What ended in 1722

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

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1722 13

Died in 1722 9

Standing in 1722

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: 214 statesEurope214Middle East and North Africa: 57 statesMiddle East and North Africa57Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 119 statesSouth Asia119East and Southeast Asia: 62 statesEast and Southeast Asia62Americas and Oceania: 14 statesAmericas and Oceania14Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe214 states

and 204 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa57 states

and 47 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

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

South Asia119 states

and 109 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia62 states

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

Americas and Oceania14 states

and 4 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, 1697 – 1747: every state, war and life of 1722 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1722: 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.