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Year

The world in 1900

In 1900 the atlas holds 438 states standing across 6 regions. 19 things began that year - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Kaffeklubben Island and Battle of Spion Kop among them - and 6 ended; 107 people were born and 30 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1900s page, and to its century on the 19th century.

What began in 1900

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

States 1

Wars and battles 14

and 4 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1900

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

States 2

Wars and battles 3

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1900 107

and 91 more in the atlas.

Died in 1900 30

and 14 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1900

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: 56 statesMiddle East and North Africa56Sub-Saharan Africa: 31 statesSub-Saharan Africa31South Asia: 153 statesSouth Asia153East and Southeast Asia: 59 statesEast and Southeast Asia59Americas and Oceania: 32 statesAmericas and Oceania32Location unknown: 13 statesLocation unknown13

Europe94 states

and 84 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa56 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa31 states

and 21 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia153 states

and 143 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia59 states

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

Americas and Oceania32 states

and 22 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown13 states

and 3 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1875 – 1925: every state, war and life of 1900 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1900: 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.