PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1864

In 1864 the atlas holds 498 states standing across 6 regions. 76 things began that year - Pasteurization, Journey to the Centre of the Earth and Paraguayan War among them - and 12 ended; 54 people were born and 36 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 1864

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

States 4

Wars and battles 55

and 45 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 4

Treaties 6

Works and ideas 7

What ended in 1864

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

States 7

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1864 54

and 38 more in the atlas.

Died in 1864 36

and 20 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1864

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: 102 statesEurope102Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 50 statesSub-Saharan Africa50South Asia: 158 statesSouth Asia158East and Southeast Asia: 66 statesEast and Southeast Asia66Americas and Oceania: 37 statesAmericas and Oceania37Location unknown: 22 statesLocation unknown22

Europe102 states

and 92 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 Asia158 states

and 148 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia66 states

and 56 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, 1839 – 1889: every state, war and life of 1864 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1864: 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.