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Year

The world in 1894

In 1894 the atlas holds 455 states standing across 6 regions. 33 things began that year - Argon, First Sino-Japanese War and The Jungle Book among them - and 11 ended; 93 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 1894

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

States 2

Wars and battles 10

Unrest and atrocity 4

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 15

and 5 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1894

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

States 6

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1894 93

and 77 more in the atlas.

Died in 1894 31

and 15 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1894

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: 57 statesMiddle East and North Africa57Sub-Saharan Africa: 46 statesSub-Saharan Africa46South Asia: 152 statesSouth Asia152East and Southeast Asia: 56 statesEast and Southeast Asia56Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 17 statesLocation unknown17

Europe93 states

and 83 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa57 states

and 47 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 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 unknown17 states

and 7 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1869 – 1919: every state, war and life of 1894 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1894: 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.