PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1872

In 1872 the atlas holds 478 states standing across 6 regions. 12 things began that year - Around the World in Eighty Days, Stainless steel and 121 Hermione among them - and 7 ended; 66 people were born and 25 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 1872

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

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 2

Works and ideas 8

What ended in 1872

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

States 4

Wars and battles 3

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1872 66

and 50 more in the atlas.

Died in 1872 25

and 9 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1872

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: 92 statesEurope92Middle East and North Africa: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 48 statesSub-Saharan Africa48South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe92 states

and 82 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa48 states

and 38 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 Oceania36 states

and 26 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, 1847 – 1897: every state, war and life of 1872 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1872: 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.