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Europe in 1760

This map shows the 48 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.

Map of Europe in 1760 with 48 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Europe in 1760

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Russian Empire
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Swedish Empire
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Denmark-Norway
  • Habsburg Monarchy
  • Kingdom of Spain
  • Kingdom of France
  • Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Kingdom of Prussia
  • Holy Roman Empire Minor States
  • Regency of Algiers
  • Astrakhan Khanate
  • Crimean Khanate
  • Kalmyk Khanate
  • Sloboda Ukraine
  • Zaporozhian Cossacks
  • Principality of Moldavia
  • Kingdom of Portugal
  • Principality of Wallachia
  • Kingdom of Sardinia
  • Beylik of Tunis
  • Electorate of Hanover
  • Morocco
  • Duchy of Bavaria
  • Republic of Venice
  • Swiss Confederation
  • Papal States
  • Dutch Republic
  • Duchy of Courland
  • Kingdom of Georgia
  • Zand Dynasty
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Kingdom of Imereti
  • Khanates of the Caucasus
  • Principality of Abkhazia
  • Corsican Republic
  • Principality of Mingrelia
  • Principality of Guria
  • Kingdom of Kakheti
  • Principality of Svaneti
  • Comtat Venaissin
  • Republic of Ragusa
  • Spanish Empire
  • British Colonial Empire
  • Principality of Monaco
  • County of Urgell
  • Principality of Liechtenstein

New on the map since 1735

Zand Dynasty · Khanates of the Caucasus · Corsican Republic

Gone from the map by 1785

Astrakhan Khanate · Crimean Khanate · Kalmyk Khanate · Sloboda Ukraine · Zaporozhian Cossacks · Corsican Republic · Kingdom of Kakheti · Spanish Empire

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The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.