PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1799

In 1799 the atlas holds 553 states standing across 6 regions. 26 things began that year - Rosetta Stone, Coup of 18 Brumaire and French Consulate among them - and 13 ended; 21 people were born and 17 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 1799

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

States 4

Wars and battles 19

and 9 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1799

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

States 6

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1799 21

and 5 more in the atlas.

Died in 1799 17

and 1 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1799

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: 173 statesEurope173Middle East and North Africa: 71 statesMiddle East and North Africa71Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 19 statesAmericas and Oceania19Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe173 states

and 163 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa71 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa42 states

and 32 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 Oceania19 states

and 9 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown24 states

and 14 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1774 – 1824: every state, war and life of 1799 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1799: 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.