PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1775

In 1775 the atlas holds 578 states standing across 6 regions. 25 things began that year - American Revolutionary War, Chiang Mai and Negeri Sembilan among them - and 3 ended; 36 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 1775

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

States 5

Wars and battles 17

and 7 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1775

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

States 1

  • Lan Na · state · 1292 – 1775

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1775 36

and 20 more in the atlas.

Died in 1775 6

Standing in 1775

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: 148 statesSouth Asia148East and Southeast Asia: 72 statesEast and Southeast Asia72Americas and Oceania: 15 statesAmericas and Oceania15Location 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 Asia148 states

and 138 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia72 states

and 62 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, 1750 – 1800: every state, war and life of 1775 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1775: 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.