PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1898

In 1898 the atlas holds 440 states standing across 6 regions. 34 things began that year - Neon, Krypton and Radium among them - and 9 ended; 86 people were born and 29 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 1898

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

States 3

Wars and battles 15

and 5 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 10

What ended in 1898

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

States 5

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1898 86

and 70 more in the atlas.

Died in 1898 29

and 13 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1898

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: 95 statesEurope95Middle East and North Africa: 55 statesMiddle East and North Africa55Sub-Saharan Africa: 36 statesSub-Saharan Africa36South Asia: 151 statesSouth Asia151East and Southeast Asia: 57 statesEast and Southeast Asia57Americas and Oceania: 32 statesAmericas and Oceania32Location unknown: 14 statesLocation unknown14

Europe95 states

and 85 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa55 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa36 states

and 26 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 Oceania32 states

and 22 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown14 states

and 4 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1873 – 1923: every state, war and life of 1898 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1898: 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.