PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1746

In 1746 the atlas holds 548 states standing across 6 regions. 12 things began that year - Messier 2, Messier 4 and Messier 15 among them - and 3 ended; 19 people were born and 4 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 1746

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

Wars and battles 8

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1746

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

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1746 19

and 3 more in the atlas.

Died in 1746 4

Standing in 1746

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: 210 statesEurope210Middle East and North Africa: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 131 statesSouth Asia131East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe210 states

and 200 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

and 51 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

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

South Asia131 states

and 121 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia69 states

and 59 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, 1721 – 1771: every state, war and life of 1746 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1746: 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.