PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1865

In 1865 the atlas holds 492 states standing across 6 regions. 25 things began that year - Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Province of Florence and Gas constant among them - and 13 ended; 51 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 1865

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 2

Works and ideas 6

What ended in 1865

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

States 3

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1865 51

and 35 more in the atlas.

Died in 1865 27

and 11 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1865

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: 101 statesEurope101Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 49 statesSub-Saharan Africa49South Asia: 157 statesSouth Asia157East and Southeast Asia: 64 statesEast and Southeast Asia64Americas and Oceania: 37 statesAmericas and Oceania37Location unknown: 22 statesLocation unknown22

Europe101 states

and 91 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

and 52 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 Asia64 states

and 54 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, 1840 – 1890: every state, war and life of 1865 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1865: 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.