PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1966

In 1966 the atlas holds 263 states standing across 6 regions. 42 things began that year - Botswana, Lesotho and Barbados among them - and 10 ended; 69 people were born and 77 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1960s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1966

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

States 4

Wars and battles 6

Regime change 9

Unrest and atrocity 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 4

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1966

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

States 5

Wars and battles 3

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1966 69

and 53 more in the atlas.

Died in 1966 77

and 61 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1966

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: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 43 statesSub-Saharan Africa43South Asia: 23 statesSouth Asia23East and Southeast Asia: 34 statesEast and Southeast Asia34Americas and Oceania: 37 statesAmericas and Oceania37Location unknown: 2 statesLocation unknown2

Europe63 states

and 53 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

and 51 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa43 states

and 33 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia23 states

and 13 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia34 states

and 24 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania37 states

and 27 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown2 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1941 – 1991: every state, war and life of 1966 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1966: 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.