PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1816

In 1816 the atlas holds 526 states standing across 6 regions. 9 things began that year - Kaleidoscope, Stirling engine and Zulu Kingdom among them - and 9 ended; 20 people were born and 29 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1810s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1816

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

States 3

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1816

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

States 6

Wars and battles 3

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1816 20

and 4 more in the atlas.

Died in 1816 29

and 13 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1816

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: 135 statesEurope135Middle East and North Africa: 67 statesMiddle East and North Africa67Sub-Saharan Africa: 44 statesSub-Saharan Africa44South Asia: 158 statesSouth Asia158East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 27 statesAmericas and Oceania27Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe135 states

and 125 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa67 states

and 57 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa44 states

and 34 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia158 states

and 148 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia69 states

and 59 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania27 states

and 17 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, 1791 – 1841: every state, war and life of 1816 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1816: 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.