PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1740

In 1740 the atlas holds 547 states standing across 6 regions. 9 things began that year - War of the Austrian Succession, Silesian Wars and First Silesian War among them - and 4 ended; 15 people were born and 10 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1740s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1740

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

States 4

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 1

What ended in 1740

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

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1740 15

Died in 1740 10

Standing in 1740

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: 128 statesSouth Asia128East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

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 Asia128 states

and 118 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia68 states

and 58 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania16 states

and 6 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, 1715 – 1765: every state, war and life of 1740 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1740: 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.