PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1787

In 1787 the atlas holds 586 states standing across 6 regions. 13 things began that year - Strontium, Yttrium and Oberon among them - and 2 ended; 26 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 1787

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

States 2

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 6

What ended in 1787

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

States 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1787 26

and 10 more in the atlas.

Died in 1787 9

Standing in 1787

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: 153 statesSouth Asia153East and Southeast Asia: 73 statesEast and Southeast Asia73Americas and Oceania: 17 statesAmericas and Oceania17Location 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 Asia153 states

and 143 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, 1762 – 1812: every state, war and life of 1787 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1787: 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.