PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1786

In 1786 the atlas holds 584 states standing across 6 regions. 10 things began that year - Cat's Eye Nebula, Galvanic cell and Flame Nebula among them - and 1 ended; 25 people were born and 9 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1780s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1786

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

States 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 6

What ended in 1786

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

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1786 25

and 9 more in the atlas.

Died in 1786 9

Standing in 1786

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: 202 statesEurope202Middle East and North Africa: 77 statesMiddle East and North Africa77Sub-Saharan Africa: 39 statesSub-Saharan Africa39South Asia: 152 statesSouth Asia152East and Southeast Asia: 73 statesEast and Southeast Asia73Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe202 states

and 192 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa77 states

and 67 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa39 states

and 29 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia152 states

and 142 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia73 states

and 63 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, 1761 – 1811: every state, war and life of 1786 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1786: 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.