PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1817

In 1817 the atlas holds 523 states standing across 6 regions. 14 things began that year - Lithium, Selenium and Cadmium among them - and 3 ended; 30 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 1810s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1817

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

States 4

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 3

Famine and plague 1

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1817

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

States 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1817 30

and 14 more in the atlas.

Died in 1817 18

and 2 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1817

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: 131 statesEurope131Middle East and North Africa: 67 statesMiddle East and North Africa67Sub-Saharan Africa: 44 statesSub-Saharan Africa44South Asia: 160 statesSouth Asia160East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 26 statesAmericas and Oceania26Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe131 states

and 121 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 Asia160 states

and 150 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia69 states

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

Americas and Oceania26 states

and 16 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, 1792 – 1842: every state, war and life of 1817 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1817: 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.