The world in 1776
1776 is the year of the American Declaration of Independence. This map shows the 130 states and peoples the data has for the world in that year.
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States and peoples in the world in 1776
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Russian Empire
- Qing Dynasty
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Ottoman Empire
- Kazakh Khanate
- Durrani Empire
- Zand Dynasty
- Swedish Empire
- Tibet
- Maratha Empire
- United States of America
- British Colonial Empire
- Denmark-Norway
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Konbaung Dynasty
- Funj Sultanate
- British Empire
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Morocco
- Khanate of Khiva
- Mughal Empire
- Tokugawa Shogunate
- Thonburi Kingdom
- Bornu Empire
- Khanate of Bukhara
- Kingdom of Prussia
- Dutch Republic
- Sultanate of Darfur
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Wadai Empire
- Joseon
- Regency of Algiers
- Ethiopian Empire
- Hyderabad State
- Crimean Khanate
- Khmer Empire
- Vientiane
- Dutch Cape Coast
- Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
- Greenland
- Sultanate of Johor
- Qasimids
- Trịnh lords
- Ashanti Empire
- Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)
- Carnatic Sultanate
- Sultanate of Oman
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Khanates of the Caucasus
- Khanate of Kokand
- Kingdom of Lunda
- Nawab of Awadh
- Gorkha Kingdom
- Karamanli Dynasty
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Sardinia
- Principality of Moldavia
- Beylik of Tunis
- Kingdom of Mysore
- New France
- Oyo Empire
- Cambodia
- Sikh Confederacy
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Sultanate of Palembang
- Emirate of Diriyah
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Republic of Venice
- Nepal
- Swiss Confederation
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Kingdom of Mrauk U
- Papal States
- Sultanate of Brunei
- Sultanate of Banten
- Tây Sơn dynasty
- Chiangmai
- Electorate of Saxony
- Electorate of Hanover
- Sultanate of Malacca
- Duchy of Courland
- Kingdom of Bhutan
- Kingdom of Champasak
- New Netherland
- Sultanate of Aceh
- Sultanate of Banjar
- Dutch Ceylon
- Sultanate of Jambi
- Bamana Empire
- Portuguese Colonies
- Sultanate of Perak
- Haudenosaunee
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Sultanate of Terengganu
- Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Sultanate of Kedah
- Sultanate of Selangor
- Sultanate of Bima
- Kelantan
- Sultanate of Sukadana
- Sultanate of Kutai Kartanegara
- Principality of Mingrelia
- French India
- Bali
- Negeri Sembilan
- Kuwait
- Principality of Guria
- Sultanate of Sambas
- Surakarta Sunanate
- Đại Việt
- Principality of Svaneti
- Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate
- Comtat Venaissin
- Sultan of Yogyakarta
- Republic of Ragusa
- Sultanate of Bone
- Sultanate of Mempawah
- Danish India
- English Colonial Empire
- Bahrain
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
- Sultanate of Maguindanao
- Principality of Liechtenstein
New on the map since 1751
United States of America · British Empire · Thonburi Kingdom · Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic) · Sikh Confederacy · Nepal · Tây Sơn dynasty · Chiangmai · Electorate of Saxony · Kelantan · Negeri Sembilan · Kuwait · Pontianak Kadriyah Sultanate · Bahrain
Gone from the map by 1801
Zand Dynasty · Tibet · Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Kingdom of France · Thonburi Kingdom · Khanate of Bukhara · Dutch Republic · Hyderabad State · Crimean Khanate · Dutch Cape Coast · Trịnh lords · Khanates of the Caucasus · Gorkha Kingdom · Kingdom of Mysore · New France · Republic of Venice · Swiss Confederation · Kingdom of Mrauk U · Duchy of Courland · Dutch Ceylon · Haudenosaunee · Republic of Genoa · Thanjavur Maratha Kingdom · Comtat Venaissin · English Colonial Empire · Bahrain · Principality of Monaco
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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.