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Year

The world in 1861

In 1861 the atlas holds 508 states standing across 6 regions. 46 things began that year - Argentina, American Civil War and Rubidium among them - and 15 ended; 64 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 1860s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1861

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

States 6

Wars and battles 21

and 11 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 2

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1861

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

States 10

Wars and battles 5

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1861 64

and 48 more in the atlas.

Died in 1861 25

and 9 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1861

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: 106 statesEurope106Middle East and North Africa: 64 statesMiddle East and North Africa64Sub-Saharan Africa: 49 statesSub-Saharan Africa49South Asia: 157 statesSouth Asia157East and Southeast Asia: 67 statesEast and Southeast Asia67Americas and Oceania: 41 statesAmericas and Oceania41Location unknown: 24 statesLocation unknown24

Europe106 states

and 96 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa64 states

and 54 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa49 states

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

South Asia157 states

and 147 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia67 states

and 57 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania41 states

and 31 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, 1836 – 1886: every state, war and life of 1861 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1861: 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.