PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1739

In 1739 the atlas holds 544 states standing across 6 regions. 8 things began that year - Bouvet Island, War of Jenkins' Ear and Treaty of Belgrade among them - and 3 ended; 11 people were born and 5 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 1739

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

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1739

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1739 11

Died in 1739 5

Standing in 1739

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: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 127 statesSouth Asia127East and Southeast Asia: 66 statesEast and Southeast Asia66Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe214 states

and 204 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 Asia127 states

and 117 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, 1714 – 1764: every state, war and life of 1739 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1739: 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.