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Year

The world in 1985

In 1985 the atlas holds 256 states standing across 6 regions. 24 things began that year - Schengen Agreement, Puck and Bechdel test among them - and 7 ended; 22 people were born and 51 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1980s page, and to its century on the 20th century.

What began in 1985

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

Wars and battles 8

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 5

Natural disasters 3

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1985

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

States 2

Wars and battles 3

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1985 22

and 6 more in the atlas.

Died in 1985 51

and 35 more in the atlas.

Standing in 1985

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: 60 statesEurope60Middle East and North Africa: 41 statesMiddle East and North Africa41Sub-Saharan Africa: 47 statesSub-Saharan Africa47South Asia: 23 statesSouth Asia23East and Southeast Asia: 33 statesEast and Southeast Asia33Americas and Oceania: 51 statesAmericas and Oceania51Location unknown: 1 statesLocation unknown1

Europe60 states

and 50 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa41 states

and 31 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa47 states

and 37 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia23 states

and 13 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia33 states

and 23 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania51 states

and 41 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown1 state

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1960 – 2010: every state, war and life of 1985 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1985: 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.