PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1803

In 1803 the atlas holds 559 states standing across 6 regions. 21 things began that year - Iridium, Palladium and Rhodium among them - and 21 ended; 32 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 1800s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1803

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

States 10

Wars and battles 7

Unrest and atrocity 1

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1803

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

States 20

and 10 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1803 32

and 16 more in the atlas.

Died in 1803 17

and 1 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1803

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: 174 statesEurope174Middle East and North Africa: 71 statesMiddle East and North Africa71Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 156 statesSouth Asia156East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas and Oceania: 20 statesAmericas and Oceania20Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe174 states

and 164 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 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 Oceania20 states

and 10 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown26 states

and 16 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1778 – 1828: every state, war and life of 1803 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1803: 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.