Europe in 1870
This map shows the 43 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1870
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Austria-Hungary
- Second French Empire
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Kingdom of Italy
- French Africa
- Denmark-Norway
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Beylik of Tunis
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- First Hellenic Republic
- Swiss Confederation
- Serbs
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Duchy of Warsaw
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Papal States
- Qajar Dynasty
- Duchy of Mecklenburg
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Montenegro
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Duchy of Brunswick
- Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
- Saxe-Meiningen
- Free City of Lübeck
- Principality of Reuss-Gera
- Saxe-Altenburg
- Duchy of Anhalt
- Free City of Hamburg
- Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen
- Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont
- Principality of Lippe
- Free City of Bremen
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1845
Austria-Hungary · Second French Empire · Kingdom of Italy · French Africa · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Montenegro
Gone from the map by 1895
Second French Empire · Kingdom of Bavaria · Beylik of Tunis · Duchy of Warsaw · Kingdom of Württemberg · Grand Duchy of Baden · Papal States · Qajar Dynasty · Duchy of Mecklenburg · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Duchy of Oldenburg · Duchy of Brunswick · Grand Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach · Saxe-Meiningen · Free City of Lübeck · Principality of Reuss-Gera · Saxe-Altenburg · Duchy of Anhalt · Free City of Hamburg · Principality of Schwarzburg-Sonderhausen · Principality of Waldeck and Pyrmont · Principality of Lippe · Free City of Bremen
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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.