PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1763

In 1763 the atlas holds 577 states standing across 6 regions. 12 things began that year - American Revolution, Carina and Vela among them - and 10 ended; 29 people were born and 12 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 1763

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

States 2

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1763

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

States 1

Wars and battles 9

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1763 29

and 13 more in the atlas.

Died in 1763 12

Standing in 1763

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: 212 statesEurope212Middle East and North Africa: 76 statesMiddle East and North Africa76Sub-Saharan Africa: 37 statesSub-Saharan Africa37South Asia: 142 statesSouth Asia142East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe212 states

and 202 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa76 states

and 66 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa37 states

and 27 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia142 states

and 132 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 unknown25 states

and 15 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1738 – 1788: every state, war and life of 1763 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1763: 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.