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Year

The world in 1895

In 1895 the atlas holds 452 states standing across 6 regions. 34 things began that year - Fidel Castro, Volleyball and Treaty of Shimonoseki among them - and 10 ended; 101 people were born and 27 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 1895

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

States 5

Wars and battles 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 4

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1895

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

States 7

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1895 101

and 85 more in the atlas.

Died in 1895 27

and 11 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1895

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: 56 statesMiddle East and North Africa56Sub-Saharan Africa: 45 statesSub-Saharan Africa45South Asia: 151 statesSouth Asia151East and Southeast Asia: 58 statesEast and Southeast Asia58Americas and Oceania: 33 statesAmericas and Oceania33Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe93 states

and 83 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa56 states

and 46 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa45 states

and 35 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia151 states

and 141 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia58 states

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

Americas and Oceania33 states

and 23 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown16 states

and 6 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1870 – 1920: every state, war and life of 1895 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1895: 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.