PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1847

In 1847 the atlas holds 521 states standing across 6 regions. 22 things began that year - Fructose, Wuthering Heights and Nitroglycerin among them - and 5 ended; 39 people were born and 24 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 1847

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

Wars and battles 10

Unrest and atrocity 3

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 6

What ended in 1847

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

States 2

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1847 39

and 23 more in the atlas.

Died in 1847 24

and 8 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1847

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: 116 statesEurope116Middle East and North Africa: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 46 statesSub-Saharan Africa46South Asia: 170 statesSouth Asia170East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 32 statesAmericas and Oceania32Location unknown: 28 statesLocation unknown28

Europe116 states

and 106 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa46 states

and 36 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia170 states

and 160 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia68 states

and 58 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania32 states

and 22 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, 1822 – 1872: every state, war and life of 1847 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1847: 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.