Southeast Asia in 1789
1789 is the year the French Revolution began. 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 1789
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Qing Dynasty
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Rattanakosin Kingdom
- Spanish Empire
- Dutch Republic
- Khmer Empire
- Vientiane
- Sultanate of Johor
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Tây Sơn dynasty
- Cambodia
- British Empire
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Chiangmai
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Banten
- 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
- Habsburg Monarchy
- British Colonial Empire
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Mughal Empire
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
New on the map since 1764
Rattanakosin Kingdom · Tây Sơn dynasty · Chiangmai · Negeri Sembilan · Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate · Habsburg Monarchy · British Colonial Empire
Gone from the map by 1814
Dutch Republic · Tây Sơn dynasty · Cambodia · Sultanate of Banten · Danish India · Habsburg Monarchy · Mughal Empire
Animated maps of this time
Southeast Asia in other years
Other regions in 1789
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.