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Year

The world in 1881

In 1881 the atlas holds 469 states standing across 6 regions. 19 things began that year - Kingdom of Romania, NGC 281 and Mahdist War among them - and 7 ended; 81 people were born and 34 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1880s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1881

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

States 3

Wars and battles 6

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 6

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1881

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 1881 81

and 65 more in the atlas.

Died in 1881 34

and 18 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1881

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: 94 statesEurope94Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 48 statesSub-Saharan Africa48South Asia: 152 statesSouth Asia152East and Southeast Asia: 59 statesEast and Southeast Asia59Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 22 statesLocation unknown22

Europe94 states

and 84 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa48 states

and 38 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia152 states

and 142 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia59 states

and 49 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, 1856 – 1906: every state, war and life of 1881 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1881: 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.