Map of Europe in 1881

On 1 July 1881, IntMap’s historical map draws 33 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.

NameDrawn area in view (km²)
Russian Empire3,610,000
Ottoman Empire1,190,000
Sweden–Norway899,000
French Republic815,000
Austria-Hungary694,000
German Reich561,000
Spain514,000
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland383,000
Kingdom of Italy314,000
Denmark210,000
Kingdom of Romania132,000
Kingdom of Portugal93,300
French protectorate of Tunisia83,300
Kingdom of Greece81,300
Alawi Sultanate65,500
Principality of Bulgaria63,400
Principality of Serbia48,100
Kingdom of the Netherlands42,700
Switzerland41,200
Belgium29,900
Persia15,400
Cyprus Protectorate12,400
Principality of Montenegro9,010
Luxembourg2,590
Isle of Man1,350
Jersey984
Crown Colony of Malta925
Guernsey909
Andorra467
Heligoland156
Liechtenstein156
San Marino60.1
Monaco17.9

What changed since 1879–1880

Now drawn

Kingdom of Romania, French protectorate of Tunisia, Principality of Bulgaria

No longer drawn

United Romanian Principalities

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1881 Map of the Middle East · 1881 Map of Africa · 1881 Map of South Asia · 1880–1884 Map of East Asia · 1880–1883 Map of Southeast Asia · 1880–1881 Map of Central Asia · 1879–1885 Map of North America · 1881–1885 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1874–1884 Map of South America · 1880–1884 Map of Oceania · 1880–1883

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.

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