PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1760

In 1760 the atlas holds 576 states standing across 6 regions. 14 things began that year - Jigsaw puzzle, Battle of Torgau and Battle of Landeshut among them - and 2 ended; 27 people were born and 8 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1760s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1760

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

States 3

Wars and battles 9

Unrest and atrocity 1

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1760

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 1760 27

and 11 more in the atlas.

Died in 1760 8

Standing in 1760

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: 77 statesMiddle East and North Africa77Sub-Saharan Africa: 38 statesSub-Saharan Africa38South Asia: 139 statesSouth Asia139East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe213 states

and 203 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa77 states

and 67 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa38 states

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

South Asia139 states

and 129 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 unknown25 states

and 15 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1735 – 1785: every state, war and life of 1760 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1760: 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.