PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1902

In 1902 the atlas holds 437 states standing across 6 regions. 26 things began that year - The Hound of the Baskervilles, 490 Veritas and 494 Virtus among them - and 11 ended; 77 people were born and 25 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 1902

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

States 6

Wars and battles 2

Natural disasters 3

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1902

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

States 8

Wars and battles 3

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1902 77

and 61 more in the atlas.

Died in 1902 25

and 9 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1902

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: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 32 statesSub-Saharan Africa32South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 58 statesEast and Southeast Asia58Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 12 statesLocation unknown12

Europe93 states

and 83 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 44 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa32 states

and 22 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia154 states

and 144 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia58 states

and 48 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania34 states

and 24 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, 1877 – 1927: every state, war and life of 1902 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1902: 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.