PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1969

In 1969 the atlas holds 256 states standing across 6 regions. 41 things began that year - 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, Football War and Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties among them - and 11 ended; 69 people were born and 89 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 1969

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

States 7

Wars and battles 13

and 3 more in the atlas.

Regime change 5

Unrest and atrocity 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1969

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

States 8

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1969 69

and 53 more in the atlas.

Died in 1969 89

and 73 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1969

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: 65 statesEurope65Middle East and North Africa: 49 statesMiddle East and North Africa49Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 23 statesSouth Asia23East and Southeast Asia: 35 statesEast and Southeast Asia35Americas and Oceania: 40 statesAmericas and Oceania40Location unknown: 2 statesLocation unknown2

Europe65 states

and 55 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa49 states

and 39 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa42 states

and 32 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia23 states

and 13 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia35 states

and 25 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania40 states

and 30 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown2 states

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1944 – 1994: every state, war and life of 1969 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1969: 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.