Southeast Asia in 1776
1776 is the year of the American Declaration of Independence. This map shows the 46 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.
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States and peoples in Southeast Asia in 1776
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Qing Dynasty
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Thonburi Kingdom
- Spanish Empire
- Dutch Republic
- Khmer Empire
- Vientiane
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Sultanate of Johor
- Trịnh lords
- Cambodia
- British Empire
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Banten
- Tây Sơn dynasty
- Chiangmai
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Kingdom of Champasak
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Sultanate of Perak
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Surakarta Sunanate
- Đại Việt
- Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
- Sultan of Yogyakarta
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Danish India
- Mughal Empire
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1751
Thonburi Kingdom · British Empire · Tây Sơn dynasty · Chiangmai · Kelantan · Negeri Sembilan · Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate · Danish India
Gone from the map by 1801
Thonburi Kingdom · Dutch Republic · Trịnh lords · Kingdom of Mrauk U · Danish India · Mughal Empire
Animated maps of this time
Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1776
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.