PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1769

In 1769 the atlas holds 574 states standing across 6 regions. 4 things began that year - Koliivshchyna, Battle of Ponte Novu and Dano-Algerian War among them - and 4 ended; 32 people were born and 5 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 1769

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

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

What ended in 1769

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

States 1

Wars and battles 3

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1769 32

and 16 more in the atlas.

Died in 1769 5

Standing in 1769

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: 208 statesEurope208Middle East and North Africa: 76 statesMiddle East and North Africa76Sub-Saharan Africa: 37 statesSub-Saharan Africa37South Asia: 144 statesSouth Asia144East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 15 statesAmericas and Oceania15Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe208 states

and 198 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 Asia144 states

and 134 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia69 states

and 59 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania15 states

and 5 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, 1744 – 1794: every state, war and life of 1769 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1769: 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.