Year
The world in 1869
In 1869 the atlas holds 480 states standing across 6 regions. 11 things began that year - War and Peace, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas and The Idiot among them - and 6 ended; 57 people were born and 24 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 1869
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 2
- Republic of Ezo · state · 1869
- Aden Protectorate · state · 1869 – 1963
Wars and battles 3
- Naval Battle of Hakodate · battle · 1869
- Battle of Acosta Ñu · battle · 1869
- Battle of Miyako Bay · battle · 1869
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Red River Rebellion · unrest · 1869
Works and ideas 5
- War and Peace · literature · 1869
- Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas · literature · 1869
- The Idiot · literature · 1869
- 109 Felicitas · discovery · 1869
- 108 Hecuba · discovery · 1869
What ended in 1869
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 2
- Republic of Ezo · state · 1869
- Danish India · state · 1620 – 1869
Wars and battles 3
- Boshin War · war · 1868 – 1869
- Cretan revolt · battle · 1866 – 1869
- Battle of Hakodate · battle · 1868 – 1869
Famine and plague 1
- Finnish famine of 1866–1868 · famine · 1867 – 1869
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1869 57
- Mahatma Gandhi · revolutionary · 1869 – 1948
- Henri Matisse · sculptor · 1869 – 1954
- André Gide · poet · 1869 – 1951
- Emma Goldman · philosopher · 1869 – 1940
- Neville Chamberlain · politician · 1869 – 1940
- Grigori Rasputin · politician · 1869 – 1916
- C. T. R. Wilson · physicist · 1869 – 1959
- Gustaf Dalén · inventor · 1869 – 1937
- Nadezhda Krupskaya · politician · 1869 – 1939
- Victor Emmanuel III · ruler · 1869 – 1947
- Emilio Aguinaldo · revolutionary · 1869 – 1964
- Fuad I of Egypt · monarch · 1869 – 1936
- Francisco Largo Caballero · politician · 1869 – 1946
- Karl Haushofer · politician · 1869 – 1946
- Washington Luís · politician · 1869 – 1957
- Karl Seitz · politician · 1869 – 1950
and 41 more in the atlas.
Died in 1869 24
- Franklin Pierce · statesperson · 1804 – 1869
- Hector Berlioz · composer · 1803 – 1869
- Alphonse de Lamartine · politician · 1790 – 1869
- Mirza Ghalib · poet · 1797 – 1869
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby · politician · 1799 – 1869
- Edwin Stanton · politician · 1814 – 1869
- Alexander Sergeyevich Menshikov · politician · 1787 – 1869
- Antoine-Henri Jomini · writer · 1779 – 1869
- Hijikata Toshizō · commander · 1835 – 1869
- Gheorghe Asachi · engineer · 1788 – 1869
- Thomas Hodgskin · writer · 1787 – 1869
- Carlo Cattaneo · philosopher · 1801 – 1869
- Bertalan Szemere · politician · 1812 – 1869
- John Bell · politician · 1796 – 1869
- Juan Almonte · politician · 1803 – 1869
- Andreas Kalvos · poet · 1792 – 1869
and 8 more in the atlas.
Standing in 1869
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.
Europe95 states
- France · 481 – present
- Spain · 1516 – present
- Switzerland · 1848 – present · Wilhelm Matthias Naeff, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1848 and Josef Martin Knüsel, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1855
- Belgium · 1830 – present · Leopold II of Belgium, King of the Belgians since 1865
- Sweden · 900 – present · Charles XV, Monarch of Sweden since 1859
- Denmark · 800 – present · Christian IX, Monarch of Denmark since 1863
- Luxembourg · 1815 – present · William III of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg since 1849
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Napoleon III, French co-prince of Andorra since 1848 and Josep Caixal i Estradé, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1852
- Monaco · 1297 – present · Charles III of Monaco, Prince of Monaco since 1856
- Liechtenstein · 1806 – present · Johann II of Liechtenstein, Prince of Lichtenstein since 1858
and 85 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa60 states
- Morocco · 1549 – present
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Abdulaziz, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1861
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975
- Qajar dynasty · 1785 – 1925 · Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, shah since 1848
- Khanate of Khiva · 1511 – 1920
- French Algeria · 1832 – 1962
- Khedivate of Egypt · 1867 – 1914 · Isma'il Pasha of Egypt, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan since 1863
- Sokoto Caliphate · 1804 – 1903
- Emirate of Jabal Shammar · 1836 – 1921 · Moutaïb ben Abdallah Al Rachid, Amir since 1867 and Bandar bin Talal Al Rashid, Amir since 1869
and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa47 states
- Liberia · 1822 – present · James Spriggs Payne, President of Liberia since 1868
- Dahomey · 1600 – 1894
- Orange Free State · 1854 – 1902
- South African Republic · 1852 – 1902
- Kingdom of Kongo · 1395 – 1888 · Pedro V of Kongo, Manikongo since 1859
- Sultanate of Zanzibar · 1861 – 1890 · Majid bin Said, Sultan of Zanzibar since 1856
- Asante Empire · 1670 – 1902
- Cape Colony · 1795 – 1910 · Queen Victoria, King/Queen since 1837
- Gold Coast · 1821 – 1957 · Queen Victoria, Monarch since 1837
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897
and 37 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia155 states
- British Raj · 1858 – 1947
- Khanate of Kokand · 1709 – 1876 · Muhammad Khudayar Khan, khan since 1845
- Kingdom of Mysore · 1399 – 1950 · Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, Maharaja of Mysore since 1868
- Emirate of Bukhara · 1785 – 1920 · Muzaffar bin Nasrullah, Amir since 1860
- Hyderabad State · 1724 – 1948 · Asaf Jah V of Hyderabad, 1st Nizam of Hyderabad since 1857 and Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad, 1st Nizam of Hyderabad since 1869
- Emirate of Afghanistan · 1823 – 1926
- French India · 1668 – 1954
- Travancore · 1729 – 1949 · Ayilyam Thirunal, Maharaja of Travancore since 1860
- Kingdom of Nepal · 1768 – 2008 · Surendra Bikram Shah, King of Nepal since 1847
- Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) · 1846 – 1947 · Ranbir Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, Raja since 1856
and 145 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia65 states
- Brunei · 1368 – present · Abdul Momin, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam since 1852
- Qing dynasty · 1616 – 1912 · Tongzhi Emperor, Emperor of China since 1861
- Empire of Japan · 1868 – 1947 · Emperor Meiji, Emperor of Japan since 1867
- Chiang Mai · 1775 – 1884 · Kawilorot Suriyawong, Prince of Chiang Mai since 1861
- Dutch East Indies · 1800 – 1949
- Joseon · 1392 – 1897 · Gojong of Korea, king of Joseon Dynasty since 1863
- Kelantan · 1762 – 1904
- Negeri Sembilan · 1775 – 1894 · Antah of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar since 1869
- Perlis · 1842 – 1910 · Syed Hussain ibni Syed Harun Jamalullail, King of Perlis since 1843
- Ryukyu Kingdom · 1429 – 1879 · Shō Tai, King of Ryukyu since 1848
and 55 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania35 states
- United States · 1776 – present · Andrew Johnson, President of the United States since 1865 and Ulysses S. Grant, President of the United States since 1869
- Mexico · 1821 – present · Benito Juárez, President of Mexico since 1858
- Canada · 1867 – present · Queen Victoria, monarch of Canada since 1867
- Chile · 1810 – present · José Joaquín Pérez, President of Chile since 1861
- Argentina · 1861 – present · Domingo Faustino Sarmiento, President of Argentina since 1868
- Colombia · 1810 – present · Santos Gutiérrez, President of Colombia since 1868
- New Zealand · 1841 – present
- Peru · 1822 – present · José Balta, President of Peru since 1868
- Uruguay · 1825 – present · Lorenzo Batlle y Grau, President of Uruguay since 1868
- Ecuador · 1830 – present · Juan Javier Espinosa, President of Ecuador since 1868 and Gabriel García Moreno, President of Ecuador since 1869
and 25 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown23 states
- Kuba Kingdom · 1625 – 1900
- Unfederated Malay States · 1826 – 1946
- Wituland · 1858 – 1890
- Kingdom of Kakongo · 1500 – 1885
- Ngoyo · 1500 – 1885
- Imamate of Futa Jallon · 1725 – 1912
- Kingdom of Sine · 1350 – 1969
- Yeke Kingdom · 1856 – 1891 · M'siri, | since 1856
- Gaekwad dynasty · 1721 – 1947
- Kazembe · 1740 – 1899
and 13 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1844 – 1894: every state, war and life of 1869 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1869: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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