PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1860

In 1860 the atlas holds 508 states standing across 6 regions. 26 things began that year - Caesium, 61 Danaë and 62 Erato among them - and 11 ended; 52 people were born and 27 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1860s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1860

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

States 2

Wars and battles 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 6

What ended in 1860

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

States 6

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1860 52

and 36 more in the atlas.

Died in 1860 27

and 11 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1860

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: 108 statesEurope108Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 49 statesSub-Saharan Africa49South Asia: 158 statesSouth Asia158East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 38 statesAmericas and Oceania38Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe108 states

and 98 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 Asia158 states

and 148 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia68 states

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

Americas and Oceania38 states

and 28 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, 1835 – 1885: every state, war and life of 1860 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1860: 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.