PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1772

In 1772 the atlas holds 576 states standing across 6 regions. 8 things began that year - Nitrogen, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria and Chabad Lubavitch among them - and 3 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 1770s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1772

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Regime change 1

Famine and plague 1

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1772

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1772 29

and 13 more in the atlas.

Died in 1772 12

Standing in 1772

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: 205 statesEurope205Middle East and North Africa: 76 statesMiddle East and North Africa76Sub-Saharan Africa: 37 statesSub-Saharan Africa37South Asia: 147 statesSouth Asia147East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe205 states

and 195 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 Asia147 states

and 137 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia70 states

and 60 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, 1747 – 1797: every state, war and life of 1772 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1772: 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.