PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1788

In 1788 the atlas holds 587 states standing across 6 regions. 15 things began that year - Freetown, Lord Howe Island and NGC 2403 among them - and 5 ended; 29 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 1788

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

States 2

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 2

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1788

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

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1788 29

and 13 more in the atlas.

Died in 1788 9

Standing in 1788

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: 40 statesSub-Saharan Africa40South Asia: 153 statesSouth Asia153East and Southeast Asia: 72 statesEast and Southeast Asia72Americas and Oceania: 18 statesAmericas and Oceania18Location 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 Africa40 states

and 30 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia153 states

and 143 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia72 states

and 62 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania18 states

and 8 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, 1763 – 1813: every state, war and life of 1788 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1788: 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.