PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1909

In 1909 the atlas holds 416 states standing across 6 regions. 16 things began that year - Haber process, 679 Pax and 682 Hagar among them - and 5 ended; 87 people were born and 31 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 1909

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

Wars and battles 2

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 4

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 7

What ended in 1909

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1909 87

and 71 more in the atlas.

Died in 1909 31

and 15 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1909

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: 92 statesEurope92Middle East and North Africa: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 154 statesSouth Asia154East and Southeast Asia: 47 statesEast and Southeast Asia47Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 11 statesLocation unknown11

Europe92 states

and 82 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa52 states

and 42 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 Asia47 states

and 37 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, 1884 – 1934: every state, war and life of 1909 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1909: 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.