PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1857

In 1857 the atlas holds 514 states standing across 6 regions. 22 things began that year - Indian Rebellion of 1857, Madame Bovary and 45 Eugenia among them - and 4 ended; 54 people were born and 35 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 1857

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

Wars and battles 7

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 10

What ended in 1857

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

States 3

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1857 54

and 38 more in the atlas.

Died in 1857 35

and 19 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1857

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: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 50 statesSub-Saharan Africa50South Asia: 161 statesSouth Asia161East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 37 statesAmericas and Oceania37Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe112 states

and 102 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa50 states

and 40 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia161 states

and 151 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia68 states

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

Americas and Oceania37 states

and 27 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, 1832 – 1882: every state, war and life of 1857 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1857: 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.