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Year

The world in 1870

In 1870 the atlas holds 482 states standing across 6 regions. 35 things began that year - Qatar, Franco-Prussian War and French Third Republic among them - and 9 ended; 52 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 1870s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1870

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

States 4

Wars and battles 27

and 17 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1870

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

States 8

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1870 52

and 36 more in the atlas.

Died in 1870 27

and 11 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1870

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: 98 statesEurope98Middle East and North Africa: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 47 statesSub-Saharan Africa47South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe98 states

and 88 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

and 51 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa47 states

and 37 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia155 states

and 145 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

and 53 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania35 states

and 25 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown23 states

and 13 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1845 – 1895: every state, war and life of 1870 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1870: 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.