PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1823

In 1823 the atlas holds 535 states standing across 6 regions. 15 things began that year - Silicon, Federal Republic of Central America and Plesiosaurus among them - and 8 ended; 43 people were born and 19 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 1823

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

States 4

Wars and battles 6

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1823

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

States 4

Wars and battles 4

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1823 43

and 27 more in the atlas.

Died in 1823 19

and 3 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1823

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: 130 statesEurope130Middle East and North Africa: 66 statesMiddle East and North Africa66Sub-Saharan Africa: 45 statesSub-Saharan Africa45South Asia: 166 statesSouth Asia166East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 32 statesAmericas and Oceania32Location unknown: 27 statesLocation unknown27

Europe130 states

and 120 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa66 states

and 56 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa45 states

and 35 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia166 states

and 156 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia69 states

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

Americas and Oceania32 states

and 22 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, 1798 – 1848: every state, war and life of 1823 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1823: 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.