PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1926

In 1926 the atlas holds 404 states standing across 6 regions. 21 things began that year - Kingdom of Afghanistan, 1075 Helina and 1077 Campanula among them - and 6 ended; 86 people were born and 43 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1920s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1926

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

States 4

Wars and battles 2

Regime change 5

Unrest and atrocity 3

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1926

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

States 6

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1926 86

and 70 more in the atlas.

Died in 1926 43

and 27 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1926

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: 77 statesEurope77Middle East and North Africa: 56 statesMiddle East and North Africa56Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 156 statesSouth Asia156East and Southeast Asia: 49 statesEast and Southeast Asia49Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe77 states

and 67 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa56 states

and 46 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

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

South Asia156 states

and 146 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia49 states

and 39 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania36 states

and 26 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown5 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1901 – 1951: every state, war and life of 1926 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1926: 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.