PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1877

In 1877 the atlas holds 467 states standing across 6 regions. 31 things began that year - Phobos, Deimos and Anna Karenina among them - and 5 ended; 60 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 1877

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

Wars and battles 15

and 5 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 14

and 4 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1877

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

States 2

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1877 60

and 44 more in the atlas.

Died in 1877 27

and 11 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1877

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: 59 statesMiddle East and North Africa59Sub-Saharan Africa: 46 statesSub-Saharan Africa46South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 60 statesEast and Southeast Asia60Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 22 statesLocation unknown22

Europe92 states

and 82 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa59 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa46 states

and 36 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia154 states

and 144 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia60 states

and 50 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania34 states

and 24 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, 1852 – 1902: every state, war and life of 1877 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1877: 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.