Europe in 1812
1812 is Napoleon's empire at its height. This map shows the 46 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1812
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- First French Empire
- Denmark-Norway
- Swedish Empire
- Austrian Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Spain
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Confederation of the Rhine
- Regency of Algiers
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Italian Republic
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Wallachia
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Westphalia
- Bessarabia
- Serbs
- Helvetic Republic
- Qajar Dynasty
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Duchy of Nassau
- Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Grand Duchy of Würzburg
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Grand Duchy of Berg
- Principality of Regensberg
- Principality of Guria
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Free City of Lübeck
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Principality of Svaneti
- Septinsular Republic
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Principality of Lippe
- Principality of Liechtenstein
New on the map since 1787
First French Empire · Austrian Empire · Duchy of Warsaw · Confederation of the Rhine · Kingdom of Bavaria · Italian Republic · Kingdom of Westphalia · Bessarabia · Serbs · Helvetic Republic · Qajar Dynasty · Kingdom of Württemberg · Grand Duchy of Baden · Duchy of Nassau · Duchy of Mecklenburg · Grand Duchy of Würzburg · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Grand Duchy of Berg · Principality of Regensberg · Saxe-Altenburg · Free City of Lübeck · Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · Septinsular Republic · Principality of Reuss-Gera · Duchy of Anhalt · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Principality of Lippe
Gone from the map by 1837
First French Empire · Swedish Empire · Confederation of the Rhine · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Italian Republic · Kingdom of Westphalia · Bessarabia · Helvetic Republic · Grand Duchy of Würzburg · Principality of Abkhazia · Grand Duchy of Berg · Principality of Regensberg · Principality of Guria · Principality of Svaneti · Septinsular Republic · 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.