Year
The world in 1994
In 1994 the atlas holds 263 states standing across 6 regions. 41 things began that year - Palau, Darmstadtium and Roentgenium among them - and 10 ended; 2 people were born and 66 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1990s page, and to its century on the 20th century.
What began in 1994
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 4
- Palau · state · 1994 – present
- Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region · state · 1994 – 2023
- Democratic Republic of Yemen · state · 1994
- Khmer Rouge unrecognized government · state · 1994 – 1998
Wars and battles 14
- First Chechen War · war · 1994 – 1996
- Battle of Grozny · battle · 1994 – 1995
- Yemeni civil war · war · 1994
- 1994 Serb J-21 Jastreb shootdown · battle · 1994
- Chiapas conflict · war · 1994
- Operation Uphold Democracy · battle · 1994 – 1995
- Iraqi Kurdish Civil War · war · 1994 – 1997
- Battle of Grozny · battle · 1994
- Operation Bøllebank · battle · 1994
- Opération Turquoise · battle · 1994
and 4 more in the atlas.
Regime change 3
- 1994 Gambian coup d'état · adverse regime change · 1994
- 1994 Bophuthatswana crisis · adverse regime change · 1994
- 1994 Lesotho coup d'état · adverse regime change · 1994
Unrest and atrocity 5
- Rwandan genocide · atrocity · 1994
- Cave of the Patriarchs massacre · atrocity · 1994
- Markale massacres · atrocity · 1994
- Insurgency in Ogaden · unrest · 1994 – 2018
- 1994 Liberian coup attempt · unrest · 1994
Famine and plague 1
- 1990s North Korean famine · famine · 1994 – 2000
Natural disasters 1
- 1994 Northridge earthquake · disaster · 1994
Treaties 10
- Budapest Memorandum · treaty · 1994
- TRIPS Agreement · treaty · 1994
- Israel–Jordan peace treaty · treaty · 1994
- Washington Agreement · treaty · 1994
- Marrakesh Agreement · treaty · 1994
- Belém do Pará Convention · treaty · 1994
- Contract of the century · treaty · 1994
- Trademark Law Treaty · treaty · 1994
- Protocol of Ouro Preto · treaty · 1994
- Protocol on Economic Relations · treaty · 1994
Works and ideas 3
- Darmstadtium · discovery · 1994
- Roentgenium · discovery · 1994
- Chauvet Cave · discovery · 1994
What ended in 1994
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 6
- Croatian Republic of Herzeg-Bosnia · state · 1992 – 1994
- Cape Province · state · 1910 – 1994
- Natal Province · state · 1910 – 1994
- Democratic Republic of Yemen · state · 1994
- Orange Free State (province) · state · 1910 – 1994
- History of South Africa · state · 1948 – 1994
Wars and battles 3
- First Nagorno-Karabakh War · war · 1988 – 1994
- Croat–Bosniak War · war · 1992 – 1994
- Djiboutian Civil War · war · 1991 – 1994
Unrest and atrocity 1
- Foča ethnic cleansing · atrocity · 1992 – 1994
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1994 2
- Giacomo Simoncini · politician · born 1994
- Manzoor Pashteen · politician · born 1994
Died in 1994 66
- Richard Nixon · statesperson · 1913 – 1994
- Kim Il Sung · politician · 1912 – 1994
- Karl Popper · mathematician · 1902 – 1994
- Elias Canetti · chemist · 1905 – 1994
- Linus Pauling · physicist · 1901 – 1994
- Charles Bukowski · poet · 1920 – 1994
- Dorothy Hodgkin · physicist · 1910 – 1994
- Eugène Ionesco · poet · 1912 – 1994
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis · writer · 1929 – 1994
- Erich Honecker · head of state · 1912 – 1994
- Juvénal Habyarimana · politician · 1937 – 1994
- Zail Singh · politician · 1916 – 1994
- Guy Debord · philosopher · 1931 – 1994
- Paul Feyerabend · philosopher · 1924 – 1994
- Andrei Chikatilo · military personnel · 1936 – 1994
- Giovanni Spadolini · politician · 1925 – 1994
and 50 more in the atlas.
Standing in 1994
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.
Europe67 states
- France · 481 – present · François Mitterrand, President of the French Republic since 1981
- Russia · 1991 – present · Boris Yeltsin, President of Russia since 1991
- Italy · 1946 – present · Oscar Luigi Scalfaro, President of Italy since 1992
- Germany · 1990 – present · Richard von Weizsäcker, president of Germany since 1984 and Roman Herzog, president of Germany since 1994
- Finland · 1917 – present · Mauno Koivisto, President of Finland since 1982 and Martti Ahtisaari, President of Finland since 1994
- Spain · 1516 – present · Juan Carlos I, Monarch of Spain since 1975
- United Kingdom · 1927 – present · Elizabeth II, Monarch of the United Kingdom since 1952
- Norway · 1905 – present · Harald V, Monarch of Norway since 1991
- Poland · 1989 – present · Lech Wałęsa, President of the Republic of Poland since 1990
- Ukraine · 1991 – present · Leonid Kravchuk, President of Ukraine since 1991 and Leonid Kuchma, President of Ukraine since 1994
and 57 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa42 states
- Turkey · 1923 – present · Süleyman Demirel, President of Turkey since 1993
- Egypt · 1953 – present · Hosni Mubarak, President of Egypt since 1981
- Israel · 1948 – present · Ezer Weizman, President of Israel since 1993
- Iran · 1979 – present · Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, President of Iran since 1989
- Algeria · 1962 – present · Ali Kafi, President of Algeria since 1992
- Azerbaijan · 1991 – present
- Armenia · 1991 – present · Levon Ter-Petrosyan, President of Armenia since 1991
- Iraq · 1932 – present · Saddam Hussein, President of Iraq since 1979
- Saudi Arabia · 1932 – present · Fahd of Saudi Arabia, King of Saudi Arabia since 1982
- Syria · 1920 – present · Hafez al-Assad, President of Syria since 1971
and 32 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa46 states
- South Africa · 1961 – present · Nelson Mandela, President of South Africa since 1994
- Nigeria · 1963 – present · Sani Abacha, President of Nigeria since 1993
- Kenya · 1964 – present · Daniel arap Moi, President of Kenya since 1978
- Democratic Republic of the Congo · 1960 – present · Mobutu Sese Seko, President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo since 1965
- Somalia · 1960 – present · Ali Mahdi Muhammad, President of Somalia since 1991
- Ghana · 1960 – present · Jerry Rawlings, President of Ghana since 1981
- Angola · 1992 – present · José Eduardo dos Santos, President of Angola since 1979
- Tanzania · 1964 – present · Ali Hassan Mwinyi, President of Tanzania since 1985
- Zimbabwe · 1980 – present · Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe since 1987
- Madagascar · 1960 – present · Albert Zafy, President of Madagascar since 1993
and 36 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia25 states
- India · 1950 – present · Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India since 1992
- Pakistan · 1956 – present · Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan since 1993
- Kazakhstan · 1991 – present · Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan since 1991
- Bangladesh · 1971 – present · Abdur Rahman Biswas, President of Bangladesh since 1991
- Kyrgyzstan · 1991 – present · Askar Akayev, President of Kyrgyzstan since 1990
- Sri Lanka · 1972 – present · D. B. Wijetunga, President of Sri Lanka since 1993 and Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka since 1994
- Uzbekistan · 1991 – present · Islam Karimov, President of Uzbekistan since 1991
- Tajikistan · 1929 – present · Emomali Rahmon, president of Tajikistan since 1994
- Bhutan · 1949 – present · Jigme Singye Wangchuck, King of Bhutan since 1972
- Maldives · 1965 – present · Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Maldives since 1978
and 15 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia33 states
- Japan · 1947 – present · Akihito, Emperor of Japan since 1989
- People's Republic of China · 1949 – present · Jiang Zemin, Paramount leader since 1989
- Vietnam · 1976 – present · Do Muoi, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam since 1991
- Indonesia · 1945 – present · Suharto, President of Indonesia since 1967
- South Korea · 1948 – present · Kim Young-sam, President of South Korea since 1993
- Thailand · 1932 – present · Bhumibol Adulyadej, King of Thailand since 1946
- Malaysia · 1963 – present · Azlan Shah of Perak, Yang di-Pertuan Agong since 1989 and Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan, Yang di-Pertuan Agong since 1994
- Philippines · 1946 – present · Fidel V. Ramos, President of the Philippines since 1992
- Singapore · 1965 – present · Ong Teng Cheong, President of Singapore since 1993
- Cambodia · 1953 – present · Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia since 1993
and 23 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania49 states
- United States · 1776 – present · Bill Clinton, President of the United States since 1993
- Mexico · 1821 – present · Carlos Salinas de Gortari, President of Mexico since 1988 and Ernesto Zedillo, President of Mexico since 1994
- Australia · 1901 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of Australia since 1952 and Bill Hayden, monarch of Australia since 1989
- Canada · 1867 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of Canada since 1952
- Brazil · 1889 – present · Itamar Franco, President of Brazil since 1992
- Chile · 1810 – present · Patricio Aylwin, President of Chile since 1990 and Eduardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle, President of Chile since 1994
- Argentina · 1861 – present · Carlos Menem, President of Argentina since 1989
- Colombia · 1810 – present · César Gaviria, President of Colombia since 1990 and Ernesto Samper, President of Colombia since 1994
- New Zealand · 1841 – present · Elizabeth II, monarch of New Zealand since 1952
- Peru · 1822 – present · Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru since 1990
and 39 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown1 state
- Democratic People's Republic of Angola · 1975 – 2002
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1969 – 2019: every state, war and life of 1994 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1994: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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