PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1851

In 1851 the atlas holds 517 states standing across 6 regions. 14 things began that year - Moby-Dick, Umbriel and Ariel among them - and 3 ended; 33 people were born and 23 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1850s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1851

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

States 1

Wars and battles 2

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 1851

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

Wars and battles 3

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1851 33

and 17 more in the atlas.

Died in 1851 23

and 7 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1851

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: 113 statesEurope113Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 49 statesSub-Saharan Africa49South Asia: 165 statesSouth Asia165East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe113 states

and 103 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa63 states

and 53 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa49 states

and 39 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia165 states

and 155 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia68 states

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

Americas and Oceania35 states

and 25 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown24 states

and 14 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1826 – 1876: every state, war and life of 1851 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1851: 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.