Europe in 1820
This map shows the 57 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1820
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Austrian Empire
- Bourbon Kingdom of France
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- German Confederation
- Denmark-Norway
- Regency of Algiers
- Kingdom of the Two Sicilies
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Netherlands
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Wallachia
- Beylik of Tunis
- Morocco
- Principality of Moldavia
- Swiss Confederation
- Serbs
- Papal States
- Qajar Dynasty
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Electorate of Hesse
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Duchy of Parma and Piacenza
- Duchy of Nassau
- Duchy of Modena and Reggio
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Principality of Guria
- Grand Duchy of Berg
- Free City of Lübeck
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Principality of Svaneti
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Free City of Krakow
- Free City of Hamburg
- Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
- Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Grand Duchy of Tuscany
- Principality of Lippe
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Free City of Bremen
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Principality of Andorra
- Free City of Frankfurt
- Principality of Lichtenberg
New on the map since 1795
United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway · Austrian Empire · Bourbon Kingdom of France · German Confederation · Kingdom of the Two Sicilies · Kingdom of Bavaria · Netherlands · Serbs · Duchy of Warsaw · Kingdom of Württemberg · Electorate of Hesse · Grand Duchy of Baden · Duchy of Mecklenburg · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Duchy of Parma and Piacenza · Duchy of Nassau · Duchy of Modena and Reggio · Duchy of Oldenburg · Duchy of Brunswick · Saxe-Altenburg · Grand Duchy of Berg · Free City of Lübeck · Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · Duchy of Anhalt · Principality of Reuss-Gera · Free City of Krakow · Free City of Hamburg · Principality of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen · Saxe-Meiningen · Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen · Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Grand Duchy of Tuscany · Principality of Lippe · Free City of Bremen · Kingdom of Monaco · Principality of Andorra · Free City of Frankfurt · Principality of Lichtenberg
Gone from the map by 1845
Principality of Abkhazia · Principality of Guria · Grand Duchy of Berg · Principality of Svaneti · Principality of Lichtenberg
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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.