PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1820

In 1820 the atlas holds 531 states standing across 6 regions. 14 things began that year - Antarctica, Macadam and Trucial States among them - and 4 ended; 39 people were born and 22 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1820s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1820

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

States 7

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 2

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1820

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

States 3

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1820 39

and 23 more in the atlas.

Died in 1820 22

and 6 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1820

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: 69 statesMiddle East and North Africa69Sub-Saharan Africa: 43 statesSub-Saharan Africa43South Asia: 165 statesSouth Asia165East and Southeast Asia: 70 statesEast and Southeast Asia70Americas and Oceania: 26 statesAmericas and Oceania26Location unknown: 27 statesLocation unknown27

Europe131 states

and 121 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa69 states

and 59 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 Asia70 states

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

Americas and Oceania26 states

and 16 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, 1795 – 1845: every state, war and life of 1820 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1820: 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.