PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1808

In 1808 the atlas holds 539 states standing across 6 regions. 39 things began that year - Calcium, Boron and Barium among them - and 7 ended; 31 people were born and 14 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 1808

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

States 1

Wars and battles 30

and 20 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 4

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1808

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

States 4

Wars and battles 1

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1808 31

and 15 more in the atlas.

Died in 1808 14

Standing in 1808

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: 148 statesEurope148Middle East and North Africa: 70 statesMiddle East and North Africa70Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 159 statesSouth Asia159East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas and Oceania: 23 statesAmericas and Oceania23Location unknown: 27 statesLocation unknown27

Europe148 states

and 138 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa70 states

and 60 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa42 states

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

South Asia159 states

and 149 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia70 states

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

Americas and Oceania23 states

and 13 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown27 states

and 17 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1783 – 1833: every state, war and life of 1808 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1808: 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.