The world by year — from 123,000 BC to 2016

114 years, each chosen from the records themselves: the years the historical-basemaps atlas drew a world sheet for, the years the dated records change most, and the years of the major geopolitical events in IntMap’s index. Each page shows the world on 1 July of that year, lists the names on it with their records, and opens the map there.

123rd millennium BC

10th millennium BC

8th millennium BC

5th millennium BC

4th millennium BC

3rd millennium BC

2nd millennium BC

2,000 BC 1,500 BC

10th century BC

7th century BC

6th century BC

5th century BC

4th century BC

3rd century BC

2nd century BC

1st century BC

1st century

2nd century

3rd century

4th century

5th century

6th century

7th century

8th century

9th century

10th century

911 936 990 1000

11th century

1040 1056 1066 1100

12th century

1139 1147 1188 1200

13th century

1202 1236 1260 1279 1294 1300

14th century

1305 1344 1363 1385 1400

15th century

16th century

1517 1530 1572 1600

17th century

18th century

1715 1776 1783 1789 1791 1796 1800

19th century

1807 1811 1814 1815 1816 1822 1842 1867 1868 1878 1880 1885 1890 1900

20th century

1914 1917 1919 1920 1930 1938 1945 1946 1949 1953 1955 1960 1961 1962 1969 1972 1978 1979 1980 1982 1989 1990 1992 1994 1997 2000

21st century

2001 2003 2010 2011 2014 2015 2016

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