PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1914

In 1914 the atlas holds 413 states standing across 6 regions. 136 things began that year - World War I, Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and Allies of World War I among them - and 7 ended; 88 people were born and 47 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 1914

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

States 4

Wars and battles 108

and 98 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 8

Treaties 7

Works and ideas 8

What ended in 1914

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

States 6

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1914 88

and 72 more in the atlas.

Died in 1914 47

and 31 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1914

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: 96 statesEurope96Middle East and North Africa: 48 statesMiddle East and North Africa48Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 155 statesSouth Asia155East and Southeast Asia: 44 statesEast and Southeast Asia44Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 9 statesLocation unknown9

Europe96 states

and 86 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa48 states

and 38 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 Asia44 states

and 34 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown9 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1889 – 1939: every state, war and life of 1914 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1914: 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.