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Year

The world in 1933

In 1933 the atlas holds 403 states standing across 6 regions. 25 things began that year - The Holocaust, Nazi Germany and Meissner effect among them - and 11 ended; 75 people were born and 49 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1930s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1933

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

States 4

Wars and battles 4

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 7

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1933

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

States 3

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1933 75

and 59 more in the atlas.

Died in 1933 49

and 33 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1933

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: 78 statesEurope78Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 158 statesSouth Asia158East and Southeast Asia: 49 statesEast and Southeast Asia49Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 4 statesLocation unknown4

Europe78 states

and 68 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 44 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa24 states

and 14 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia158 states

and 148 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 unknown4 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1908 – 1958: every state, war and life of 1933 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1933: 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.