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Europe in 1890

This map shows the 25 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.

Map of Europe in 1890 with 25 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Europe in 1890

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
  • Luxembourg
  • Principality of Andorra
  • Kingdom of Monaco

New on the map since 1865

Austria-Hungary · German Empire · French Third Republic · Principality of Bulgaria · Luxembourg

Gone from the map by 1915

United Kingdoms of Sweden and Norway · Kingdom of Portugal · Morocco · Luxembourg

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Europe in other years

Other regions in 1890

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.