PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1912

In 1912 the atlas holds 417 states standing across 6 regions. 43 things began that year - Taiwan, Balkan Wars and First Balkan War among them - and 12 ended; 93 people were born and 42 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1910s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1912

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

States 7

Wars and battles 23

and 13 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 5

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 4

What ended in 1912

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

States 8

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1912 93

and 77 more in the atlas.

Died in 1912 42

and 26 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1912

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: 49 statesMiddle East and North Africa49Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 47 statesEast and Southeast Asia47Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 10 statesLocation unknown10

Europe95 states

and 85 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa49 states

and 39 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

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

South Asia155 states

and 145 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia47 states

and 37 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown10 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1887 – 1937: every state, war and life of 1912 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1912: 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.