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Year

The world in 1934

In 1934 the atlas holds 400 states standing across 6 regions. 21 things began that year - Long March, Penrose triangle and Austrian Civil War among them - and 8 ended; 66 people were born and 46 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 1934

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

States 1

Wars and battles 5

Regime change 4

Unrest and atrocity 6

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1934

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 3

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1934 66

and 50 more in the atlas.

Died in 1934 46

and 30 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1934

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: 76 statesEurope76Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 158 statesSouth Asia158East and Southeast Asia: 48 statesEast and Southeast Asia48Americas and Oceania: 36 statesAmericas and Oceania36Location unknown: 4 statesLocation unknown4

Europe76 states

and 66 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 Asia48 states

and 38 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, 1909 – 1959: every state, war and life of 1934 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1934: 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.