PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1839

In 1839 the atlas holds 531 states standing across 6 regions. 27 things began that year - Photography, Lanthanum and First Opium War among them - and 10 ended; 30 people were born and 15 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1830s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1839

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

States 5

Wars and battles 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1839

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

States 7

Wars and battles 3

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1839 30

and 14 more in the atlas.

Died in 1839 15

Standing in 1839

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: 118 statesEurope118Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 48 statesSub-Saharan Africa48South Asia: 168 statesSouth Asia168East and Southeast Asia: 66 statesEast and Southeast Asia66Americas and Oceania: 40 statesAmericas and Oceania40Location unknown: 29 statesLocation unknown29

Europe118 states

and 108 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

and 52 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa48 states

and 38 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia168 states

and 158 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia66 states

and 56 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania40 states

and 30 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown29 states

and 19 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1814 – 1864: every state, war and life of 1839 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1839: 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.