PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1897

In 1897 the atlas holds 446 states standing across 6 regions. 24 things began that year - Electron, Dracula and Synapse among them - and 11 ended; 118 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 1897

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

States 2

Wars and battles 7

Unrest and atrocity 3

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 9

What ended in 1897

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

States 8

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1897 118

and 102 more in the atlas.

Died in 1897 31

and 15 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1897

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: 41 statesSub-Saharan Africa41South Asia: 151 statesSouth Asia151East and Southeast Asia: 59 statesEast and Southeast Asia59Americas and Oceania: 31 statesAmericas and Oceania31Location 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 Africa41 states

and 31 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia151 states

and 141 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia59 states

and 49 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania31 states

and 21 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, 1872 – 1922: every state, war and life of 1897 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1897: 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.