PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1737

In 1737 the atlas holds 545 states standing across 6 regions. 3 things began that year - Siege of Kandahar, Battle of Banja Luka and Great Plague of 1738 - and 2 ended; 17 people were born and 6 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1730s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1737

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

Wars and battles 2

Famine and plague 1

What ended in 1737

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1737 17

and 1 more in the atlas.

Died in 1737 6

Standing in 1737

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: 213 statesEurope213Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 129 statesSouth Asia129East and Southeast Asia: 66 statesEast and Southeast Asia66Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe213 states

and 203 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

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

South Asia129 states

and 119 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia66 states

and 56 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania16 states

and 6 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown23 states

and 13 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1712 – 1762: every state, war and life of 1737 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1737: 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.