PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1773

In 1773 the atlas holds 574 states standing across 6 regions. 6 things began that year - Boston Tea Party, Whirlpool Galaxy and Messier 110 among them - and 3 ended; 27 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 1770s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1773

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

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1773

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

Wars and battles 1

Famine and plague 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1773 27

and 11 more in the atlas.

Died in 1773 6

Standing in 1773

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: 14 statesAmericas and Oceania14Location 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 Oceania14 states

and 4 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, 1748 – 1798: every state, war and life of 1773 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1773: 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.