PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1959

In 1959 the atlas holds 250 states standing across 6 regions. 18 things began that year - Cuba, HIV/AIDS and Antarctic Treaty System among them - and 13 ended; 108 people were born and 60 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1950s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1959

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 8

Famine and plague 2

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1959

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

States 7

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1959 108

and 92 more in the atlas.

Died in 1959 60

and 44 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1959

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: 63 statesEurope63Middle East and North Africa: 56 statesMiddle East and North Africa56Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 26 statesSouth Asia26East and Southeast Asia: 36 statesEast and Southeast Asia36Americas and Oceania: 38 statesAmericas and Oceania38Location unknown: 5 statesLocation unknown5

Europe63 states

and 53 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa56 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

and 16 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia26 states

and 16 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia36 states

and 26 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania38 states

and 28 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown5 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1934 – 1984: every state, war and life of 1959 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1959: 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.