PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1778

In 1778 the atlas holds 580 states standing across 6 regions. 14 things began that year - Molybdenum, Messier 54 and War of the Bavarian Succession among them - and 2 ended; 18 people were born and 14 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 1778

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

States 2

Wars and battles 8

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1778

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1778 18

and 2 more in the atlas.

Died in 1778 14

Standing in 1778

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: 75 statesMiddle East and North Africa75Sub-Saharan Africa: 37 statesSub-Saharan Africa37South Asia: 149 statesSouth Asia149East and Southeast Asia: 73 statesEast and Southeast Asia73Americas and Oceania: 17 statesAmericas and Oceania17Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe204 states

and 194 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa75 states

and 65 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa37 states

and 27 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia149 states

and 139 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia73 states

and 63 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania17 states

and 7 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, 1753 – 1803: every state, war and life of 1778 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1778: 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.