PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1855

In 1855 the atlas holds 517 states standing across 6 regions. 18 things began that year - 35 Leukothea, 37 Fides and 34 Circe among them - and 8 ended; 33 people were born and 28 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 1855

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

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 1855

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 1855 33

and 17 more in the atlas.

Died in 1855 28

and 12 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1855

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: 112 statesEurope112Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 51 statesSub-Saharan Africa51South Asia: 164 statesSouth Asia164East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe112 states

and 102 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa63 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa51 states

and 41 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia164 states

and 154 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia68 states

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

Americas and Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown23 states

and 13 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1830 – 1880: every state, war and life of 1855 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1855: 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.