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Year

The world in 1885

In 1885 the atlas holds 472 states standing across 6 regions. 35 things began that year - Bicycle, Neodymium and Thus Spoke Zarathustra among them - and 8 ended; 78 people were born and 35 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 1885

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

States 5

Wars and battles 10

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 3

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1885

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

States 3

Wars and battles 5

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1885 78

and 62 more in the atlas.

Died in 1885 35

and 19 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1885

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: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 55 statesSub-Saharan Africa55South Asia: 152 statesSouth Asia152East and Southeast Asia: 57 statesEast and Southeast Asia57Americas and Oceania: 33 statesAmericas and Oceania33Location unknown: 23 statesLocation unknown23

Europe92 states

and 82 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa55 states

and 45 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia152 states

and 142 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia57 states

and 47 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania33 states

and 23 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, 1860 – 1910: every state, war and life of 1885 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1885: 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.