PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1748

In 1748 the atlas holds 567 states standing across 6 regions. 11 things began that year - Euler's formula, Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and Karabakh Khanate among them - and 4 ended; 15 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 1740s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1748

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

States 6

Wars and battles 3

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1748

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

Wars and battles 4

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1748 15

Died in 1748 6

Standing in 1748

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: 75 statesMiddle East and North Africa75Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 135 statesSouth Asia135East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe210 states

and 200 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa75 states

and 65 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

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

South Asia135 states

and 125 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 unknown24 states

and 14 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1723 – 1773: every state, war and life of 1748 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1748: 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.