Map of Europe in 1878
On 1 July 1878, IntMap’s historical map draws 30 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 1 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 | 3,590,000 |
| Ottoman Empire | 1,710,000 |
| Sweden–Norway | 899,000 |
| French Republic | 815,000 |
| Austria-Hungary | 638,000 |
| German Reich | 561,000 |
| Spain | 514,000 |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | 383,000 |
| Kingdom of Italy | 314,000 |
| Denmark | 210,000 |
| Kingdom of Portugal | 93,300 |
| Kingdom of Greece | 81,300 |
| Alawi Sultanate | 65,500 |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands | 42,700 |
| Switzerland | 41,200 |
| Principality of Serbia | 37,600 |
| Belgium | 29,900 |
| Persia | 15,400 |
| Cyprus Protectorate | 12,400 |
| Principality of Montenegro | 4,310 |
| Luxembourg | 2,590 |
| Isle of Man | 1,350 |
| Jersey | 984 |
| Crown Colony of Malta | 925 |
| Guernsey | 909 |
| Andorra | 467 |
| Heligoland | 156 |
| Liechtenstein | 156 |
| San Marino | 60.1 |
| Monaco | 17.9 |
What changed since 1871–1877
Now drawn
Cyprus Protectorate
No longer drawn
none
The same date elsewhere
World map · 1878 Map of the Middle East · 1878 Map of Africa · 1878–1879 Map of South Asia · 1877–1878 Map of East Asia · 1877–1878 Map of Southeast Asia · 1874–1878 Map of Central Asia · 1877–1878 Map of North America · 1877–1880 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1874–1884 Map of South America · 1864–1879 Map of Oceania · 1878
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.