PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1903

In 1903 the atlas holds 432 states standing across 6 regions. 17 things began that year - Panama, 511 Davida and 514 Armida among them - and 7 ended; 97 people were born and 33 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 1903

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Regime change 1

  • May Coup · adverse regime change · 1903

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 6

What ended in 1903

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

States 6

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1903 97

and 81 more in the atlas.

Died in 1903 33

and 17 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1903

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: 53 statesMiddle East and North Africa53Sub-Saharan Africa: 28 statesSub-Saharan Africa28South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 56 statesEast and Southeast Asia56Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 11 statesLocation unknown11

Europe95 states

and 85 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa53 states

and 43 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa28 states

and 18 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia154 states

and 144 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia56 states

and 46 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania35 states

and 25 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown11 states

and 1 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1878 – 1928: every state, war and life of 1903 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1903: 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.