PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1859

In 1859 the atlas holds 517 states standing across 6 regions. 26 things began that year - A Tale of Two Cities, 57 Mnemosyne and Hexamethylenetetramine among them - and 9 ended; 63 people were born and 25 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 1859

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

States 4

Wars and battles 14

and 4 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1859

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

States 9

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1859 63

and 47 more in the atlas.

Died in 1859 25

and 9 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1859

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: 160 statesSouth Asia160East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 39 statesAmericas and Oceania39Location unknown: 25 statesLocation unknown25

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 Asia160 states

and 150 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia68 states

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

Americas and Oceania39 states

and 29 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown25 states

and 15 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1834 – 1884: every state, war and life of 1859 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1859: 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.