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Southeast Asia in 1815

1815 is the year of the Congress of Vienna. This map shows the 41 states and peoples the data has for Southeast Asia in that year.

Map of Southeast Asia in 1815 with 41 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 Southeast Asia in 1815

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Qing Dynasty
  • Konbaung Dynasty
  • Rattanakosin Kingdom
  • Spanish Empire
  • Nguyễn dynasty
  • Dutch East Indies
  • Vientiane
  • Sultanate of Johor
  • Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
  • Khmer Empire
  • British Empire
  • Sultanate of Palembang
  • Chiangmai
  • Sultanate of Sulu
  • Sultanate of Brunei
  • Kingdom of Champasak
  • Sultanate of Malacca
  • 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
  • British Colonial Empire
  • Bali
  • Negeri Sembilan
  • Sultanate of Sambas
  • Surakarta Sunanate
  • Đại Việt
  • Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
  • Sultan of Yogyakarta
  • Sultanate of Bone
  • Sultanate of Mempawah
  • Tokugawa Shogunate
  • Sultanate of Maguindanao

New on the map since 1790

Nguyễn dynasty · Dutch East Indies

Gone from the map by 1840

Konbaung Dynasty · Vientiane · Sultanate of Palembang · Sultanate of Kedah · Sultanate of Sukadana · Sultanate of Sambas · Surakarta Sunanate · Đại Việt · Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate · Sultan of Yogyakarta · Sultanate of Mempawah

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Southeast Asia 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.