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Year

The world in 1888

In 1888 the atlas holds 465 states standing across 6 regions. 13 things began that year - Ballpoint pen, 279 Thule and 277 Elvira among them - and 4 ended; 113 people were born and 28 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 1888

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

States 1

Wars and battles 2

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 9

What ended in 1888

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

States 3

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1888 113

and 97 more in the atlas.

Died in 1888 28

and 12 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1888

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: 51 statesSub-Saharan Africa51South Asia: 152 statesSouth Asia152East and Southeast Asia: 58 statesEast and Southeast Asia58Americas and Oceania: 32 statesAmericas and Oceania32Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

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 Africa51 states

and 41 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia152 states

and 142 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia58 states

and 48 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania32 states

and 22 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown20 states

and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1863 – 1913: every state, war and life of 1888 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1888: 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.