PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1908

In 1908 the atlas holds 419 states standing across 6 regions. 16 things began that year - Venus of Willendorf, Belgian Congo and Pasiphae among them - and 8 ended; 91 people were born and 39 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 1908

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

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 9

What ended in 1908

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Regime change 1

  • Hafidiya · adverse regime change · 1907 – 1908

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1908 91

and 75 more in the atlas.

Died in 1908 39

and 23 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1908

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: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 48 statesEast and Southeast Asia48Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 11 statesLocation unknown11

Europe93 states

and 83 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa52 states

and 42 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

and 16 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia154 states

and 144 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia48 states

and 38 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, 1883 – 1933: every state, war and life of 1908 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1908: 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.