PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1802

In 1802 the atlas holds 557 states standing across 6 regions. 13 things began that year - Tantalum, 2 Pallas and Treaty of Amiens among them - and 10 ended; 34 people were born and 16 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1800s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1802

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

States 5

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1802

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

States 8

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1802 34

and 18 more in the atlas.

Died in 1802 16

Standing in 1802

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: 171 statesEurope171Middle East and North Africa: 72 statesMiddle East and North Africa72Sub-Saharan Africa: 41 statesSub-Saharan Africa41South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 72 statesEast and Southeast Asia72Americas and Oceania: 21 statesAmericas and Oceania21Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

Europe171 states

and 161 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa72 states

and 62 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 Asia72 states

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

Americas and Oceania21 states

and 11 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, 1777 – 1827: every state, war and life of 1802 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1802: 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.