PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1906

In 1906 the atlas holds 420 states standing across 6 regions. 23 things began that year - Lutetium, 588 Achilles and 1906 San Francisco earthquake among them - and 5 ended; 84 people were born and 27 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 1906

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

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 4

Natural disasters 3

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1906

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

States 3

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1906 84

and 68 more in the atlas.

Died in 1906 27

and 11 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1906

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: 53 statesMiddle East and North Africa53Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 49 statesEast and Southeast Asia49Americas and Oceania: 34 statesAmericas and Oceania34Location unknown: 11 statesLocation unknown11

Europe94 states

and 84 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa53 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

and 15 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia154 states

and 144 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia49 states

and 39 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania34 states

and 24 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, 1881 – 1931: every state, war and life of 1906 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1906: 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.