PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1776

In 1776 the atlas holds 577 states standing across 6 regions. 19 things began that year - United States, The Wealth of Nations and Battle of Long Island among them - and 6 ended; 14 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 1776

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

States 1

Wars and battles 17

and 7 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1776

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

States 2

Wars and battles 4

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1776 14

Died in 1776 6

Standing in 1776

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: 204 statesEurope204Middle East and North Africa: 76 statesMiddle East and North Africa76Sub-Saharan Africa: 37 statesSub-Saharan Africa37South Asia: 148 statesSouth Asia148East and Southeast Asia: 71 statesEast and Southeast Asia71Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe204 states

and 194 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 Asia71 states

and 61 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, 1751 – 1801: every state, war and life of 1776 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1776: 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.