Europe in 1790
This map shows the 41 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1790
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Swedish Empire
- Denmark-Norway
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Regency of Algiers
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Moldavia
- Beylik of Tunis
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Morocco
- Republic of Venice
- Swiss Confederation
- Papal States
- Dutch Republic
- Electorate of Saxony
- Electorate of Hanover
- Duchy of Courland
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Republic of Genoa
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Principality of Guria
- Principality of Svaneti
- Comtat Venaissin
- Republic of Ragusa
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
- British Colonial Empire
- Principality of Liechtenstein
Gone from the map by 1815
Swedish Empire · Habsburg Monarchy · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Kingdom of France · Holy Roman Empire Minor States · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Duchy of Bavaria · Republic of Venice · Dutch Republic · Electorate of Saxony · Electorate of Hanover · Duchy of Courland · Kingdom of Georgia · Khanates of the Caucasus · Republic of Genoa · Kingdom of Imereti · Principality of Mingrelia · Comtat Venaissin · Republic of Ragusa · Principality of Monaco · County of Urgell · British Colonial Empire · Principality of Liechtenstein
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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.