PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1798

In 1798 the atlas holds 557 states standing across 6 regions. 33 things began that year - Beryllium, Palmyra Atoll and Kingman Reef among them - and 8 ended; 25 people were born and 13 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 1798

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

States 8

Wars and battles 19

and 9 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1798

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

States 8

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1798 25

and 9 more in the atlas.

Died in 1798 13

Standing in 1798

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: 178 statesEurope178Middle East and North Africa: 71 statesMiddle East and North Africa71Sub-Saharan Africa: 41 statesSub-Saharan Africa41South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 18 statesAmericas and Oceania18Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe178 states

and 168 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa71 states

and 61 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa41 states

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

South Asia155 states

and 145 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia69 states

and 59 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, 1773 – 1823: every state, war and life of 1798 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1798: 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.