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Year

The world in 1886

In 1886 the atlas holds 469 states standing across 6 regions. 27 things began that year - Germanium, Dysprosium and Electromagnetic radiation among them - and 5 ended; 98 people were born and 22 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 1886

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

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 3

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 16

and 6 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1886

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1886 98

and 82 more in the atlas.

Died in 1886 22

and 6 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1886

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: 54 statesSub-Saharan Africa54South Asia: 152 statesSouth Asia152East and Southeast Asia: 56 statesEast and Southeast Asia56Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 21 statesLocation unknown21

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 Africa54 states

and 44 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia152 states

and 142 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia56 states

and 46 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania34 states

and 24 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown21 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1861 – 1911: every state, war and life of 1886 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1886: 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.