PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1893

In 1893 the atlas holds 458 states standing across 6 regions. 31 things began that year - Pepsi, Zipper and Diesel engine among them - and 6 ended; 90 people were born and 31 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 1893

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

States 3

Wars and battles 5

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 4

Works and ideas 18

and 8 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1893

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

States 5

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1893 90

and 74 more in the atlas.

Died in 1893 31

and 15 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1893

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: 59 statesMiddle East and North Africa59Sub-Saharan Africa: 46 statesSub-Saharan Africa46South Asia: 152 statesSouth Asia152East and Southeast Asia: 57 statesEast and Southeast Asia57Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 17 statesLocation unknown17

Europe93 states

and 83 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa59 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa46 states

and 36 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 Oceania34 states

and 24 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown17 states

and 7 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1868 – 1918: every state, war and life of 1893 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1893: 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.