Map of Europe in 1772
On 1 July 1772, IntMap’s historical map draws 54 names within Europe. The borders for this date come from OpenHistoricalMap (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year), then historical-basemaps — each drawn only where the records before it are silent. The map also draws 2 outlines here that the source gives no name.
Names on the map
As the map labels them, largest first by the area of the outline drawn inside this view. Areas are of the drawn outline, rounded, and approximate.
| Name | Drawn area in view (km²) |
|---|---|
| Russian Empire | 2,280,000 |
| Ottoman Empire | 1,880,000 |
| Sweden | 841,000 |
| Poland-Lithuania | 742,000 |
| Holy Roman Empire | 639,000 |
| Habsburg Monarchy | 637,000 |
| Denmark–Norway | 632,000 |
| Kingdom of France | 552,000 |
| Spain | 512,000 |
| Kingdom of Great Britain | 282,000 |
| Regency of Algiers | 262,000 |
| Kingdom of Prussia | 164,000 |
| Crimean Khanate | 120,000 |
| Kingdom of Ireland | 101,000 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 93,300 |
| Kingdom of Naples | 85,700 |
| Kingdom of Sardinia | 75,400 |
| Republic of Venice | 65,600 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 65,500 |
| Afsharid Empire | 56,100 |
| Papal States | 46,700 |
| Grand Duchy of Tuscany | 44,300 |
| Republic of the Seven United Netherlands | 40,600 |
| Kingdom of Sicily | 31,500 |
| Swiss Confederacy | 25,100 |
| Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti | 23,900 |
| Duchy of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp | 11,900 |
| Kingdom of Imereti | 11,300 |
| Free State of the Three Leagues | 10,200 |
| Principality of Abkhazia | 8,700 |
| Duchy of Milan | 8,300 |
| Zaporozhian Cossacks | 6,210 |
| Republic of Genoa | 6,170 |
| Duchy of Parma and Piacenza | 6,170 |
| Republic of the Seven Tithings | 5,210 |
| Principality of Mingrelia | 5,150 |
| Duchy of Modena and Reggio | 4,560 |
| Republic of Ragusa | 2,980 |
| Principality of Svaneti | 2,790 |
| Lucca | 1,600 |
| Principality of Piombino | 1,490 |
| Isle of Man | 1,350 |
| Republic of Lucca | 1,050 |
| Jersey | 984 |
| Knights Hospitaller | 925 |
| Guernsey | 909 |
| Andorra | 467 |
| Sovereign Duchy of Bouillon | 425 |
| Duchy of Massa and Carrara | 215 |
| Republic of Geneva | 105 |
| San Marino | 60.1 |
| Republic of Noli | 54.4 |
| Republic of Mulhouse | 23.9 |
| Couto Misto | 23.1 |
What changed since 1769–1771
Now drawn
none
No longer drawn
Kalmyk Khanate
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1772 Map of the Middle East · 1762–1784 Map of Africa · 1769–1775 Map of South Asia · 1771–1774 Map of East Asia · 1772 Map of Southeast Asia · 1772 Map of Central Asia · 1762–1784 Map of North America · 1769–1772 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1767–1775 Map of South America · 1772 Map of Oceania · 1767–1780
Source and method
Borders and names: OpenHistoricalMap (openhistoricalmap.org) · CC0 1.0 + Cliopatria v0.2.1 (Seshat Global History Databank, github.com/Seshat-Global-History-Databank/cliopatria) · CC BY 4.0 · adapted by IntMap: simplified, BC years made astronomical, and the ground OpenHistoricalMap (1689–1885, and from 1886 where CShapes is silent) and CShapes (1886–2019) state removed on their own dates + aourednik/historical-basemaps (github.com/aourednik/historical-basemaps) · GPL-3.0 · adapted by IntMap: each sheet before 1886 less the ground OpenHistoricalMap and Cliopatria state at that sheet's year.
Listed: every name whose outline IntMap draws inside 25°W–45°E, 34°N–72°N on this date, with the name the map writes on it. The list is worked out when the site is built, from the same records and the same code the map uses, so it says what the map shows — not more. Names are the source’s own, translated where the source or IntMap’s name table has a translation.