Year
The world in 1892
In 1892 the atlas holds 458 states standing across 6 regions. 23 things began that year - Animation, Amalthea and Wade–Giles among them - and 3 ended; 119 people were born and 25 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 1892
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 1
- Bobov · state · 1892
Wars and battles 2
- Second Franco-Dahomean War · war · 1892 – 1894
- Congo Arab war · war · 1892
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Jerez uprising · unrest · 1892
Works and ideas 19
- Animation · discovery · 1892
- Amalthea · discovery · 1892
- Wade–Giles · discovery · 1892
- 328 Gudrun · discovery · 1892
- 333 Badenia · discovery · 1892
- 340 Eduarda · discovery · 1892
- 351 Yrsa · discovery · 1892
- 325 Heidelberga · discovery · 1892
- 326 Tamara · discovery · 1892
- 329 Svea · discovery · 1892
and 9 more in the atlas.
What ended in 1892
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Tobacco Protest · unrest · 1890 – 1892
Famine and plague 2
- 1889–1890 pandemic · plague · 1889 – 1892
- Russian famine of 1891–1892 · famine · 1891 – 1892
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1892 119
- J. R. R. Tolkien · poet · 1892 – 1973
- Pearl S. Buck · writer · 1892 – 1973
- Francisco Franco · military leader · 1892 – 1975
- Josip Broz Tito · revolutionary · 1892 – 1980
- Ivo Andrić · diplomat · 1892 – 1975
- Haile Selassie · monarch · 1892 – 1975
- Louis de Broglie · physicist · 1892 – 1987
- Walter Benjamin · philosopher · 1892 – 1940
- Marina Tsvetaeva · poet · 1892 – 1941
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa · poet · 1892 – 1927
- Arthur Compton · physicist · 1892 – 1962
- Alexander Alekhine · writer · 1892 – 1946
- Edward Victor Appleton · astronomer · 1892 – 1965
- George Paget Thomson · physicist · 1892 – 1975
- Stefan Banach · mathematician · 1892 – 1945
- Martin Niemöller · poet · 1892 – 1984
and 103 more in the atlas.
Died in 1892 25
- Walt Whitman · poet · 1819 – 1892
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson · politician · 1809 – 1892
- Baháʼu'lláh · religious leader · 1817 – 1892
- Ernest Renan · philosopher · 1823 – 1892
- Deodoro da Fonseca · politician · 1827 – 1892
- Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich of Russia · monarch · 1827 – 1892
- Tewfik Pasha · politician · 1852 – 1892
- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi · painter · 1839 – 1892
- John Pope · military officer · 1822 – 1892
- José María Castro Madriz · politician · 1818 – 1892
- James Skivring Smith · politician · 1825 – 1892
- Constantin von Alvensleben · military officer · 1809 – 1892
- György Klapka · chemist · 1820 – 1892
- Süleyman Hüsnü Pasha · writer · 1838 – 1892
- Enrico Cialdini · politician · 1811 – 1892
- Constantin Guys · painter · 1802 – 1892
and 9 more in the atlas.
Standing in 1892
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.
Europe93 states
- France · 481 – present · Sadi Carnot, President of the French Republic since 1887
- Spain · 1516 – present · Alfonso XIII, Monarch of Spain since 1886
- Switzerland · 1848 – present · Louis Ruchonnet, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1875 and Walter Hauser, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1888
- Belgium · 1830 – present · Leopold II of Belgium, King of the Belgians since 1865
- Sweden · 900 – present · Oscar II, Monarch of Sweden since 1872
- Denmark · 800 – present · Christian IX, Monarch of Denmark since 1863
- Luxembourg · 1815 – present
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Salvador Casañas y Pagés, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1879 and Sadi Carnot, French co-prince of Andorra since 1887
- Monaco · 1297 – present · Albert I of Monaco, Prince of Monaco since 1889
- Liechtenstein · 1806 – present · Johann II of Liechtenstein, Prince of Lichtenstein since 1858
and 83 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa59 states
- Morocco · 1549 – present
- Qatar · 1870 – present · Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar since 1878
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Abdul Hamid II, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1876
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1889
- Qajar dynasty · 1785 – 1925 · Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, shah since 1848
- Italian Empire · 1882 – 1960 · Umberto I of Italy, King (until 1946) since 1882
- Khanate of Khiva · 1511 – 1920
- French Algeria · 1832 – 1962
- Khedivate of Egypt · 1867 – 1914 · Tewfik Pasha, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan since 1879 and Abbas II of Egypt, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan since 1892
and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa46 states
- Liberia · 1822 – present · Hilary R. W. Johnson, President of Liberia since 1884 and Joseph James Cheeseman, President of Liberia since 1892
- Congo Free State · 1885 – 1908 · Leopold II of Belgium, Sovereign of the Congo Free State since 1885
- Dahomey · 1600 – 1894
- Orange Free State · 1854 – 1902
- German East Africa · 1885 – 1919 · Wilhelm II, Emperor since 1888
- South African Republic · 1852 – 1902 · Paul Kruger, President of the South African Republic since 1883
- German South West Africa · 1884 – 1915
- Asante Empire · 1670 – 1902 · Prempeh I, Asantehemaa since 1888
- Cape Colony · 1795 – 1910 · Queen Victoria, King/Queen since 1837
- Gold Coast · 1821 – 1957 · Queen Victoria, Monarch since 1837
and 36 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia152 states
- British Raj · 1858 – 1947 · Queen Victoria, Emperor of India since 1876
- Kingdom of Mysore · 1399 – 1950 · Chamarajendra Wadiyar X, Maharaja of Mysore since 1868
- Emirate of Bukhara · 1785 – 1920 · ʽAbd al-Ahad Khan, Amir since 1885
- Hyderabad State · 1724 – 1948 · Asaf Jah VI of Hyderabad, 1st Nizam of Hyderabad since 1869
- Emirate of Afghanistan · 1823 – 1926 · Abdur Rahman Khan, Emir of Afghanistan since 1880
- French India · 1668 – 1954
- Travancore · 1729 – 1949
- Kingdom of Nepal · 1768 – 2008 · Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, King of Nepal since 1881
- Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) · 1846 – 1947 · Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, Raja since 1885
- Kingdom of Sikkim · 1642 – 1975 · Thutob Namgyal, Chogyal since 1874
and 142 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia56 states
- Brunei · 1368 – present · Hashim Jalilul Alam Aqamaddin, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam since 1885
- Qing dynasty · 1616 – 1912 · Guangxu Emperor, Emperor of China since 1875
- Empire of Japan · 1868 – 1947 · Emperor Meiji, Emperor of Japan since 1867
- Dutch East Indies · 1800 – 1949
- Joseon · 1392 – 1897 · Gojong of Korea, king of Joseon Dynasty since 1863
- French Indochina · 1887 – 1954
- Kelantan · 1762 – 1904
- Negeri Sembilan · 1775 – 1894
- Perlis · 1842 – 1910 · Syed Ahmad ibni Syed Hussain Jamalullail, King of Perlis since 1873
- British Hong Kong · 1841 – 1997 · William Robinson, Governor of Hong Kong since 1891
and 46 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania34 states
- United States · 1776 – present · Benjamin Harrison, President of the United States since 1889
- Mexico · 1821 – present · Porfirio Díaz, President of Mexico since 1884
- Canada · 1867 – present · Queen Victoria, monarch of Canada since 1867
- Brazil · 1889 – present · Floriano Peixoto, President of Brazil since 1891
- Chile · 1810 – present · Jorge Montt, President of Chile since 1891
- Argentina · 1861 – present · Carlos Pellegrini, President of Argentina since 1890 and Luis Sáenz Peña, President of Argentina since 1892
- Colombia · 1810 – present · Rafael Núñez, President of Colombia since 1886 and Miguel Antonio Caro, President of Colombia since 1892
- New Zealand · 1841 – present
- Peru · 1822 – present · Remigio Morales Bermúdez, President of Peru since 1890
- Uruguay · 1825 – present · Julio Herrera y Obes, President of Uruguay since 1890
and 24 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown18 states
- Triple Alliance · 1882 – 1915
- Kuba Kingdom · 1625 – 1900
- Unfederated Malay States · 1826 – 1946
- Imamate of Futa Jallon · 1725 – 1912 · Bokar Biro, Almamy since 1890
- Kingdom of Sine · 1350 – 1969
- Gaekwad dynasty · 1721 – 1947
- Kazembe · 1740 – 1899
- Ijebu Kingdom · 1500 – 1892
- Mbunda Kingdom · 1700 – 1914 · Mwene Mbandu Kapova I of Mbunda, King since 1870
- Dar al Kuti · 1830 – 1912
and 8 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1867 – 1917: every state, war and life of 1892 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1892: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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