Year
The world in 1913
In 1913 the atlas holds 411 states standing across 6 regions. 35 things began that year - Second Balkan War, Treaty of Bucharest and Treaty of London among them - and 6 ended; 72 people were born and 37 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 1913
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 2
- Provisional Government of Western Thrace · state · 1913
- Republic of Central Albania · state · 1913 – 1914
Wars and battles 13
- Second Balkan War · war · 1913
- Battle of Lemnos · battle · 1913
- Battle of Bizani · battle · 1913
- Battle of Bregalnica · battle · 1913
- Battle of Kresna Gorge · battle · 1913
- Battle of Bulair · battle · 1913
- Battle of Kilkis–Lachanas · battle · 1913
- Battle of Doiran · battle · 1913
- Siege of Vidin · battle · 1913
- Battle of Bud Bagsak · battle · 1913
and 3 more in the atlas.
Regime change 2
- 1913 Ottoman coup d'état · adverse regime change · 1913
- Ten Tragic Days · adverse regime change · 1913
Unrest and atrocity 2
- Greek genocide · atrocity · 1913 – 1922
- Ohrid–Debar uprising · unrest · 1913
Treaties 5
- Treaty of Bucharest · treaty · 1913
- Treaty of London · treaty · 1913
- Treaty of friendship and alliance between the Government of Mongolia and Tibet · treaty · 1913
- Treaty of Constantinople · treaty · 1913
- Treaty of Athens · treaty · 1913
Works and ideas 11
- 768 Struveana · discovery · 1913
- 762 Pulcova · discovery · 1913
- 753 Tiflis · discovery · 1913
- 770 Bali · discovery · 1913
- 744 Aguntina · discovery · 1913
- 747 Winchester · discovery · 1913
- 751 Faïna · discovery · 1913
- 759 Vinifera · discovery · 1913
- 771 Libera · discovery · 1913
- 772 Tanete · discovery · 1913
and 1 more in the atlas.
What ended in 1913
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 2
- Cretan State · state · 1898 – 1913
- Provisional Government of Western Thrace · state · 1913
Wars and battles 4
- Balkan Wars · war · 1912 – 1913
- First Balkan War · war · 1912 – 1913
- Siege of Adrianople · battle · 1912 – 1913
- Siege of Scutari · battle · 1912 – 1913
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1913 72
- Albert Camus · philosopher · 1913 – 1960
- Richard Nixon · statesperson · 1913 – 1994
- Gerald Ford · statesperson · 1913 – 2006
- Rosa Parks · politician · 1913 – 2005
- Willy Brandt · politician · 1913 – 1992
- Menachem Begin · politician · 1913 – 1992
- Claude Simon · writer · 1913 – 2005
- Paul Erdős · mathematician · 1913 – 1996
- Gustáv Husák · politician · 1913 – 1991
- Bảo Đại · monarch · 1913 – 1997
- Makarios III · politician · 1913 – 1977
- Jacobo Árbenz · politician · 1913 – 1971
- Neelam Sanjiva Reddy · politician · 1913 – 1996
- Klaus Barbie · military officer · 1913 – 1991
- Lon Nol · politician · 1913 – 1985
- Edward Gierek · politician · 1913 – 2001
and 56 more in the atlas.
Died in 1913 37
- Alfred Russel Wallace · explorer · 1823 – 1913
- Harriet Tubman · writer · 1820 – 1913
- Lesya Ukrainka · poet · 1871 – 1913
- Rudolf Diesel · inventor · 1858 – 1913
- August Bebel · politician · 1840 – 1913
- George I of Greece · monarch · 1845 – 1913
- Francisco I. Madero · revolutionary · 1873 – 1913
- Menelik II · politician · 1844 – 1913
- Alfred von Schlieffen · military personnel · 1833 – 1913
- Katsura Tarō · politician · 1848 – 1913
- Tokugawa Yoshinobu · politician · 1837 – 1913
- Campos Sales · politician · 1841 – 1913
- Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky · writer · 1864 – 1913
- Alfred Redl · military officer · 1864 – 1913
- Mahmud Shevket Pasha · military leader · 1858 – 1913
- Song Jiaoren · politician · 1882 – 1913
and 21 more in the atlas.
Standing in 1913
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.
Europe96 states
- France · 481 – present · Armand Fallières, President of the French Republic since 1906 and Raymond Poincaré, President of the French Republic since 1913
- Spain · 1516 – present · Alfonso XIII, Monarch of Spain since 1886
- Norway · 1905 – present · Haakon VII, Monarch of Norway since 1905
- Switzerland · 1848 – present · Eduard Müller, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1895 and Edmund Schulthess, Member of the Swiss Federal Council since 1912
- Belgium · 1830 – present · Albert I of Belgium, King of the Belgians since 1909
- Portugal · 1910 – present · Manuel de Arriaga, President of Portugal since 1911
- Sweden · 900 – present · Gustaf V, Monarch of Sweden since 1907
- Denmark · 800 – present · Christian X, Monarch of Denmark since 1912
- Luxembourg · 1815 – present
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Armand Fallières, French co-prince of Andorra since 1906 and Juan Benlloch i Vivó, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1907
and 86 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa47 states
- Morocco · 1549 – present
- Qatar · 1870 – present · Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar since 1878 and Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar since 1913
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Mehmed V, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1909
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1889 and Lij Iyasu, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1913
- Qajar dynasty · 1785 – 1925 · Ahmad Shah Qajar, shah since 1909
- Italian Empire · 1882 – 1960 · Victor Emmanuel III, King (until 1946) since 1900
- Khanate of Khiva · 1511 – 1920
- French Algeria · 1832 – 1962
- Khedivate of Egypt · 1867 – 1914 · Abbas II of Egypt, Khedive of Egypt and Sudan since 1892
and 37 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa25 states
- Liberia · 1822 – present · Daniel Edward Howard, President of Liberia since 1912
- Belgian Congo · 1908 – 1960 · Albert I of Belgium, King since 1909
- Katanga Province · 1910 – 2015
- Union of South Africa · 1910 – 1961
- German East Africa · 1885 – 1919 · Wilhelm II, Emperor since 1888
- German South West Africa · 1884 – 1915
- Gold Coast · 1821 – 1957 · George V, Monarch since 1910
- Kamerun · 1884 – 1919
- British Somaliland · 1884 – 1960
- Buganda · 1420 – 1966 · Daudi Cwa II of Buganda, Kabaka of Buganda since 1897
and 15 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia155 states
- British Raj · 1858 – 1947 · George V, Emperor of India since 1910
- Kingdom of Mysore · 1399 – 1950 · Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV, Maharaja of Mysore since 1894
- Emirate of Bukhara · 1785 – 1920 · Sayyid Mir Muhammad Alim Khan, Amir since 1911
- Hyderabad State · 1724 – 1948 · Asaf Jah VII of Hyderabad, 1st Nizam of Hyderabad since 1911
- Emirate of Afghanistan · 1823 – 1926 · Habibullah Khan, Emir of Afghanistan since 1901
- French India · 1668 – 1954
- Tibet · 1912 – 1959 · 13th Dalai Lama, Head of State of Tibet since 1912
- Travancore · 1729 – 1949
- Kingdom of Nepal · 1768 – 2008 · Tribhuvan of Nepal, King of Nepal since 1911
- Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) · 1846 – 1947 · Pratap Singh of Jammu and Kashmir, Raja since 1885
and 145 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia44 states
- Mongolia · 1911 – present
- Taiwan · 1912 – present · Yuan Shikai, President of the Republic of China since 1912
- Brunei · 1368 – present · Muhammad Jamalul Alam II, Sultan of Brunei Darussalam since 1906
- Empire of Japan · 1868 – 1947 · Emperor Taishō, Emperor of Japan since 1912
- Dutch East Indies · 1800 – 1949 · Alexander Idenburg, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies since 1909
- French Indochina · 1887 – 1954
- Republic of China · 1912 – 1971 · Yuan Shikai, Great President of the Republic of China since 1912
- Korea under Japanese rule · 1910 – 1945 · Terauchi Masatake, Governor-General of Chōsen since 1910
- British Hong Kong · 1841 – 1997 · Francis Henry May, Governor of Hong Kong since 1912
- Nguyễn dynasty · 1802 – 1945 · Duy Tân, emperor since 1907
and 34 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania36 states
- United States · 1776 – present · William Howard Taft, President of the United States since 1909 and Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States since 1913
- Mexico · 1821 – present · Francisco I. Madero, President of Mexico since 1911 and Victoriano Huerta, President of Mexico since 1913
- Australia · 1901 – present
- Canada · 1867 – present · George V, monarch of Canada since 1910
- Brazil · 1889 – present · Hermes da Fonseca, President of Brazil since 1910
- Chile · 1810 – present · Ramón Barros Luco, President of Chile since 1910
- Argentina · 1861 – present · Roque Sáenz Peña, President of Argentina since 1910
- Colombia · 1810 – present
- New Zealand · 1841 – present
- Peru · 1822 – present · Guillermo Billinghurst, President of Peru since 1912
and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown8 states
- Triple Alliance · 1882 – 1915
- Unfederated Malay States · 1826 – 1946
- Kingdom of Sine · 1350 – 1969
- Gaekwad dynasty · 1721 – 1947
- Mbunda Kingdom · 1700 – 1914 · Mwene Mbandu Kapova I of Mbunda, King since 1870
- Al-Muntafiq · 1530 – 1918
- Kingdom of Orungu · 1700 – 1927
- Wahidi · 1800 – 1963
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1888 – 1938: every state, war and life of 1913 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1913: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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