PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1791

In 1791 the atlas holds 591 states standing across 6 regions. 14 things began that year - Titanium, Haitian Revolution and Gas-turbine engine among them - and 8 ended; 23 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 1790s page, and to its century on the 18th century.

What began in 1791

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

States 3

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 5

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1791

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

States 5

Wars and battles 3

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1791 23

and 7 more in the atlas.

Died in 1791 11

Standing in 1791

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: 78 statesMiddle East and North Africa78Sub-Saharan Africa: 41 statesSub-Saharan Africa41South Asia: 156 statesSouth Asia156East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas and Oceania: 19 statesAmericas and Oceania19Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe202 states

and 192 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa78 states

and 68 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa41 states

and 31 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia156 states

and 146 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia70 states

and 60 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania19 states

and 9 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, 1766 – 1816: every state, war and life of 1791 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1791: 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.