PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1789

In 1789 the atlas holds 588 states standing across 6 regions. 20 things began that year - Carbon, French Revolution and Uranium among them - and 4 ended; 29 people were born and 11 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 1789

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

States 3

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 8

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 1789

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

States 2

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1789 29

and 13 more in the atlas.

Died in 1789 11

Standing in 1789

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: 78 statesMiddle East and North Africa78Sub-Saharan Africa: 40 statesSub-Saharan Africa40South Asia: 153 statesSouth Asia153East and Southeast Asia: 71 statesEast and Southeast Asia71Americas and Oceania: 17 statesAmericas and Oceania17Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe204 states

and 194 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa78 states

and 68 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 Asia71 states

and 61 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, 1764 – 1814: every state, war and life of 1789 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1789: 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.