PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1862

In 1862 the atlas holds 499 states standing across 6 regions. 62 things began that year - Les Misérables, 74 Galatea and 73 Klytia among them - and 7 ended; 57 people were born and 26 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 1862

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

States 1

Wars and battles 51

and 41 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 7

What ended in 1862

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

States 2

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Natural disasters 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1862 57

and 41 more in the atlas.

Died in 1862 26

and 10 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1862

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: 103 statesEurope103Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 50 statesSub-Saharan Africa50South Asia: 157 statesSouth Asia157East and Southeast Asia: 67 statesEast and Southeast Asia67Americas and Oceania: 37 statesAmericas and Oceania37Location unknown: 22 statesLocation unknown22

Europe103 states

and 93 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa63 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa50 states

and 40 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 Oceania37 states

and 27 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown22 states

and 12 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1837 – 1887: every state, war and life of 1862 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1862: 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.