PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1878

In 1878 the atlas holds 470 states standing across 6 regions. 32 things began that year - Ytterbium, Holmium and Treaty of San Stefano among them - and 11 ended; 67 people were born and 36 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 1878

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

States 5

Wars and battles 7

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 14

and 4 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1878

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

States 1

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1878 67

and 51 more in the atlas.

Died in 1878 36

and 20 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1878

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: 93 statesEurope93Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 47 statesSub-Saharan Africa47South Asia: 153 statesSouth Asia153East and Southeast Asia: 60 statesEast and Southeast Asia60Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 22 statesLocation unknown22

Europe93 states

and 83 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa47 states

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

South Asia153 states

and 143 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia60 states

and 50 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, 1853 – 1903: every state, war and life of 1878 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1878: 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.