PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1866

In 1866 the atlas holds 490 states standing across 6 regions. 44 things began that year - Austro-Prussian War, 90 Antiope and 87 Sylvia among them - and 8 ended; 50 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 1866

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

States 1

  • Kopust · state · 1866 – 1920

Wars and battles 33

and 23 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 5

What ended in 1866

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

States 7

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1866 50

and 34 more in the atlas.

Died in 1866 26

and 10 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1866

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: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 48 statesSub-Saharan Africa48South Asia: 157 statesSouth Asia157East and Southeast Asia: 64 statesEast and Southeast Asia64Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 22 statesLocation unknown22

Europe102 states

and 92 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

and 52 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa48 states

and 38 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 Oceania35 states

and 25 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, 1841 – 1891: every state, war and life of 1866 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1866: 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.