Map of Europe, 1886–1889

On 1 July of every year from 1886 to 1889, IntMap’s historical map draws the same 32 names within Europe. The borders come from CShapes 2.0 (day by day), then OpenHistoricalMap (day by day), then Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (by year) — each drawn only where the records before it are silent.

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 Empire3,540,000
Ottoman Empire1,190,000
Sweden766,000
Austria-Hungary622,000
German Empire542,000
French Third Republic532,000
Spain499,000
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland316,000
Kingdom of Italy286,000
Algeria (France)256,000
Romania128,000
Iceland (Denmark)103,000
Bulgaria93,000
Kingdom of Portugal88,900
Tunisia (France)77,400
Denmark70,600
Greece65,000
Morocco62,200
Serbia52,400
Switzerland41,400
Bosnia (Austria-Hungary)41,400
Netherlands35,000
Belgium30,500
Persia15,200
Herzegovina (Austria-Hungary)10,100
Montenegro9,990
Luxembourg2,570
Isle of Man1,350
Jersey986
Guernsey909
Malta292
Heligoland156

Open the map on 1 July of

1886 1887 1888 1889

What changed since 1882–1885

Now drawn

Sweden, German Empire, French Third Republic, Algeria (France), Romania, Iceland (Denmark), Bulgaria, Tunisia (France), Greece, Morocco, Serbia, Bosnia (Austria-Hungary), Netherlands, Herzegovina (Austria-Hungary), Montenegro, Malta

No longer drawn

Sweden–Norway, French Republic, German Reich, Kingdom of Romania, Kingdom of Greece, French protectorate of Tunisia, Alawi Sultanate, Kingdom of Serbia, Kingdom of the Netherlands, Cyprus Protectorate, Principality of Montenegro, Crown Colony of Malta, Andorra, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Monaco

The same date elsewhere

World map · 1886 Map of the Middle East · 1886 Map of Africa · 1886 Map of South Asia · 1886 Map of East Asia · 1886 Map of Southeast Asia · 1886 Map of Central Asia · 1886–1911 Map of North America · 1886–1893 Map of Central America and the Caribbean · 1886–1898 Map of South America · 1886–1889 Map of Oceania · 1886–1888

Source and method

Borders and names: CShapes 2.0 (Schvitz et al. 2022, icr.ethz.ch/data/cshapes) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 + OpenHistoricalMap (openhistoricalmap.org) · CC0 1.0 · adapted by IntMap: the admin_level=2 relations in force from 1886, less the ground CShapes states on its own dates + 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.

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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