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Year

The world in 1842

In 1842 the atlas holds 526 states standing across 6 regions. 9 things began that year - Atoll, Doppler effect and Perlis among them - and 7 ended; 26 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 1840s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1842

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

States 1

  • Perlis · state · 1842 – 1910

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1842

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

States 1

Wars and battles 6

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1842 26

and 10 more in the atlas.

Died in 1842 19

and 3 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1842

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: 117 statesEurope117Middle East and North Africa: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 47 statesSub-Saharan Africa47South Asia: 170 statesSouth Asia170East and Southeast Asia: 69 statesEast and Southeast Asia69Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 28 statesLocation unknown28

Europe117 states

and 107 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

and 51 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa47 states

and 37 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia170 states

and 160 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia69 states

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

Americas and Oceania34 states

and 24 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown28 states

and 18 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1817 – 1867: every state, war and life of 1842 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1842: 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.