Europe in 1885
1885 is the year the Berlin Conference ended. This map shows the 24 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1885
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
- Ottoman Empire
- Austria-Hungary
- German Empire
- French Third Republic
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- French Africa
- Kingdom of Italy
- Denmark-Norway
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Kingdom of Portugal
- First Hellenic Republic
- Morocco
- Serbs
- Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Qajar Dynasty
- Montenegro
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1860
Austria-Hungary · German Empire · French Third Republic · Kingdom of Italy · Principality of Bulgaria
Gone from the map by 1910
United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway
Animated maps of this time
Europe in other years
Other regions in 1885
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.