PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1818

In 1818 the atlas holds 527 states standing across 6 regions. 12 things began that year - Frankenstein, House of Bernadotte and Second Saudi state among them - and 6 ended; 42 people were born and 23 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 1818

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

States 7

Wars and battles 2

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1818

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1818 42

and 26 more in the atlas.

Died in 1818 23

and 7 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1818

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: 132 statesEurope132Middle East and North Africa: 68 statesMiddle East and North Africa68Sub-Saharan Africa: 43 statesSub-Saharan Africa43South Asia: 165 statesSouth Asia165East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 24 statesAmericas and Oceania24Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe132 states

and 122 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa68 states

and 58 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa43 states

and 33 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia165 states

and 155 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia69 states

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

Americas and Oceania24 states

and 14 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, 1793 – 1843: every state, war and life of 1818 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1818: 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.