Europe in 1914
1914 is the eve of the First World War. This map shows the 27 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1914
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Austria-Hungary
- Kingdom of Sweden
- German Empire
- French Third Republic
- Kingdom of Norway
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- French Africa
- Kingdom of Italy
- Denmark-Norway
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Principality of Bulgaria
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Portuguese Republic
- Netherlands
- Swiss Confederation
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Albania
- Montenegro
- Qajar Dynasty
- Luxembourg
- Tangier International Zone
- Principality of Andorra
- Kingdom of Monaco
New on the map since 1889
Kingdom of Sweden · Kingdom of Norway · Portuguese Republic · Albania · Luxembourg · Tangier International Zone
Gone from the map by 1939
Russian Empire · Ottoman Empire · Austria-Hungary · German Empire · Kingdom of Spain · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Serbs · Portuguese Republic · Albania · Montenegro · Qajar Dynasty
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Other regions in 1914
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.