PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1891

In 1891 the atlas holds 460 states standing across 6 regions. 25 things began that year - Basketball, The Picture of Dorian Gray and IC 2118 among them - and 4 ended; 90 people were born and 38 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1890s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1891

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

Wars and battles 3

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 19

and 9 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1891

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 1891 90

and 74 more in the atlas.

Died in 1891 38

and 22 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1891

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: 152 statesSouth Asia152East and Southeast Asia: 56 statesEast and Southeast Asia56Americas and Oceania: 33 statesAmericas and Oceania33Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

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 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 Oceania33 states

and 23 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown19 states

and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1866 – 1916: every state, war and life of 1891 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1891: 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.