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Year

The world in 1917

In 1917 the atlas holds 421 states standing across 6 regions. 100 things began that year - Finland, Protactinium and Russian Revolution among them - and 6 ended; 77 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 1917

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

States 14

and 4 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 51

and 41 more in the atlas.

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 16

and 6 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 12

and 2 more in the atlas.

What ended in 1917

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1917 77

and 61 more in the atlas.

Died in 1917 37

and 21 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1917

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: 103 statesEurope103Middle East and North Africa: 47 statesMiddle East and North Africa47Sub-Saharan Africa: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 157 statesSouth Asia157East and Southeast Asia: 44 statesEast and Southeast Asia44Americas and Oceania: 35 statesAmericas and Oceania35Location unknown: 8 statesLocation unknown8

Europe103 states

and 93 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa47 states

and 37 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa27 states

and 17 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia157 states

and 147 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia44 states

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

Americas and Oceania35 states

and 25 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown8 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1892 – 1942: every state, war and life of 1917 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1917: 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.