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North America in 1815

1815 is the year of the Congress of Vienna. This map shows the 12 states and peoples the data has for North America in that year.

Map of North America in 1815 with 12 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 North America in 1815

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Spanish Empire
  • United States of America
  • British Colonial Empire
  • Mexicans
  • New Granada
  • Greenland
  • Russian Empire
  • British Empire
  • Empire of Haiti
  • Kingdom of Hawaï'i
  • Bourbon Kingdom of France
  • Netherlands Antilles

New on the map since 1790

Mexicans · New Granada · Empire of Haiti · Kingdom of Hawaï'i · Bourbon Kingdom of France · Netherlands Antilles

Gone from the map by 1840

Mexicans · New Granada · British Empire

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North America in other years

Other regions in 1815

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.