The Mediterranean in 1861
1861 is the year the American Civil War began. This map shows the 34 states and peoples the data has for The Mediterranean in that year.
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States and peoples in the Mediterranean in 1861
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Ottoman Empire
- Russian Empire
- Austrian Empire
- Second French Empire
- Ottoman Tripolitania
- Kingdom of Spain
- Morocco
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Muhammad Ali dynasty
- French Africa
- United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
- Emirate of Nejd
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Bavaria
- Swiss Confederation
- First Hellenic Republic
- Serbs
- Kingdom of Württemberg
- Grand Duchy of Baden
- Papal States
- Qajar Dynasty
- German Confederation
- Montenegro
- Grand Duchy of Hesse
- Kingdom of Belgium
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Netherlands
- Spanish Empire
- Duchy of Nassau
- Principality of Andorra
- Duchy of Oldenburg
- Kingdom of Monaco
- Free City of Frankfurt
New on the map since 1836
Second French Empire · Ottoman Tripolitania · French Africa · United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia · Montenegro · Netherlands · Spanish Empire
Gone from the map by 1886
Austrian Empire · Second French Empire · Kingdom of Sardinia · Muhammad Ali dynasty · Emirate of Nejd · Beylik of Tunis · Kingdom of Bavaria · Kingdom of Württemberg · Grand Duchy of Baden · Papal States · German Confederation · Grand Duchy of Hesse · Spanish Empire · Duchy of Nassau · Duchy of Oldenburg · Free City of Frankfurt
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The Mediterranean in other years
Other regions in 1861
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.