PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1896

In 1896 the atlas holds 447 states standing across 6 regions. 24 things began that year - Anglo-Zanzibar War, Zeeman effect and Philippine Revolution among them - and 7 ended; 92 people were born and 42 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 1896

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

States 3

Wars and battles 7

Unrest and atrocity 3

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 8

What ended in 1896

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

States 2

Wars and battles 4

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1896 92

and 76 more in the atlas.

Died in 1896 42

and 26 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1896

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: 94 statesEurope94Middle East and North Africa: 55 statesMiddle East and North Africa55Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 151 statesSouth Asia151East and Southeast Asia: 57 statesEast and Southeast Asia57Americas and Oceania: 33 statesAmericas and Oceania33Location unknown: 15 statesLocation unknown15

Europe94 states

and 84 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa55 states

and 45 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa42 states

and 32 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia151 states

and 141 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia57 states

and 47 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania33 states

and 23 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown15 states

and 5 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1871 – 1921: every state, war and life of 1896 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1896: 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.