PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1804

In 1804 the atlas holds 547 states standing across 6 regions. 22 things began that year - Haiti, Osmium and Cerium among them - and 5 ended; 36 people were born and 18 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 1804

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

States 8

Wars and battles 6

Unrest and atrocity 5

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1804

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

States 3

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1804 36

and 20 more in the atlas.

Died in 1804 18

and 2 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1804

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: 158 statesEurope158Middle East and North Africa: 72 statesMiddle East and North Africa72Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 157 statesSouth Asia157East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas and Oceania: 22 statesAmericas and Oceania22Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe158 states

and 148 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa72 states

and 62 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa42 states

and 32 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia157 states

and 147 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia70 states

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

Americas and Oceania22 states

and 12 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, 1779 – 1829: every state, war and life of 1804 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1804: 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.