PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1901

In 1901 the atlas holds 433 states standing across 6 regions. 19 things began that year - Australia, Europium and Diode among them - and 4 ended; 86 people were born and 32 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 20th century.

What began in 1901

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

States 2

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1901

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

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1901 86

and 70 more in the atlas.

Died in 1901 32

and 16 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1901

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: 51 statesMiddle East and North Africa51Sub-Saharan Africa: 31 statesSub-Saharan Africa31South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 59 statesEast and Southeast Asia59Americas and Oceania: 33 statesAmericas and Oceania33Location unknown: 12 statesLocation unknown12

Europe93 states

and 83 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa51 states

and 41 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa31 states

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

South Asia154 states

and 144 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia59 states

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

Americas and Oceania33 states

and 23 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown12 states

and 2 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1876 – 1926: every state, war and life of 1901 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1901: 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.