World map in AD 1791 — territory by country

Frame AD 1791 — world borders from AD 1791 to AD 1791. 128 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Russian Empire (≈ 16.48 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (128, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Russian Empire	≈ 16.48 million km²
2	Qing dynasty	≈ 11.26 million km²
3	Spanish Empire	≈ 11.25 million km²
4	Portuguese Empire	≈ 7.83 million km²
5	Ottoman Empire	≈ 2.83 million km²
6	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 1.91 million km²
7	Durrani Empire	≈ 1.67 million km²
8	Tibet	≈ 1.25 million km²
9	Maratha Empire	≈ 1.18 million km²
10	United States	≈ 1.10 million km²
11	Qajar dynasty	≈ 965 thousand km²
12	Swedish Empire	≈ 790 thousand km²
13	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 738 thousand km²
14	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 700 thousand km²
15	British Empire	≈ 695 thousand km²
16	Konbaung dynasty	≈ 676 thousand km²
17	Funj Sultanate	≈ 627 thousand km²
18	Zand dynasty	≈ 621 thousand km²
19	Kingdom of France	≈ 582 thousand km²
20	British Empire	≈ 535 thousand km²
21	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 533 thousand km²
22	Denmark–Norway	≈ 526 thousand km²
23	Spain	≈ 504 thousand km²
24	First Saudi state	≈ 417 thousand km²
25	Morocco	≈ 388 thousand km²
26	Mughal Empire	≈ 362 thousand km²
27	Rattanakosin Kingdom (1782–1932)	≈ 360 thousand km²
28	Great Britain	≈ 342 thousand km²
29	Emirate of Bukhara	≈ 341 thousand km²
30	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
31	Dutch Republic	≈ 329 thousand km²
32	Tokugawa shogunate	≈ 329 thousand km²
33	Sultanate of Darfur	≈ 294 thousand km²
34	Wadai Sultanate	≈ 280 thousand km²
35	Dutch Cape Colony	≈ 279 thousand km²
36	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 240 thousand km²
37	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
38	Kingdom of Prussia	≈ 214 thousand km²
39	Regency of Algiers	≈ 211 thousand km²
40	Tây Sơn dynasty	≈ 207 thousand km²
41	Nepal	≈ 192 thousand km²
42	Khmer Empire	≈ 185 thousand km²
43	Hyderabad State	≈ 184 thousand km²
44	Vientiane	≈ 173 thousand km²
45	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 172 thousand km²
46	Johor Sultanate	≈ 165 thousand km²
47	Rassid dynasty	≈ 154 thousand km²
48	Asante Empire	≈ 153 thousand km²
49	Luang Prabang	≈ 148 thousand km²
50	Carnatic Sultanate	≈ 124 thousand km²
51	Oman	≈ 121 thousand km²
52	Lunda Empire	≈ 112 thousand km²
53	Greenland	≈ 102 thousand km²
54	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 96 thousand km²
55	Nawab of Awadh	≈ 94 thousand km²
56	Kingdom of Naples (Napoleonic)	≈ 92 thousand km²
57	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 91 thousand km²
58	Khanates of the Caucasus	≈ 88 thousand km²
59	Oyo Empire	≈ 88 thousand km²
60	Khanate of Kokand	≈ 86 thousand km²
61	Karamanli dynasty	≈ 86 thousand km²
62	Cambodia	≈ 81 thousand km²
63	Beylik of Tunis	≈ 79 thousand km²
64	Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)	≈ 78 thousand km²
65	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
66	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 69 thousand km²
67	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 68 thousand km²
68	Chiang Mai	≈ 65 thousand km²
69	Banten Sultanate	≈ 64 thousand km²
70	Sikh Confederacy	≈ 63 thousand km²
71	Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti	≈ 55 thousand km²
72	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 54 thousand km²
73	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 48 thousand km²
74	Republic of Venice	≈ 45 thousand km²
75	New Netherland	≈ 44 thousand km²
76	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
77	Kingdom of Champasak	≈ 42 thousand km²
78	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 42 thousand km²
79	Papal States	≈ 42 thousand km²
80	Bhutan	≈ 41 thousand km²
81	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
82	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 33 thousand km²
83	Electorate of Hanover	≈ 32 thousand km²
84	Dutch Ceylon	≈ 29 thousand km²
85	Duchy of Courland and Semigallia	≈ 28 thousand km²
86	Jambi Sultanate	≈ 28 thousand km²
87	Portuguese Empire	≈ 27 thousand km²
88	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
89	Ségou Empire	≈ 23 thousand km²
90	French Guiana	≈ 20 thousand km²
91	Sultan of Terengganu	≈ 14 thousand km²
92	Thanjavur Maratha kingdom	≈ 14 thousand km²
93	Republic of Genoa	≈ 14 thousand km²
94	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
95	Hawaiian Kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
96	Sultan of Selangor	≈ 12 thousand km²
97	Tanjungpura Kingdom	≈ 11 thousand km²
98	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
99	Bima Sultanate	≈ 10 thousand km²
100	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 10 thousand km²
101	French India	≈ 10 thousand km²
102	Dutch Gold Coast	≈ 9,081 km²
103	Kelantan	≈ 8,555 km²
104	Nguyễn dynasty	≈ 8,428 km²
105	Bali	≈ 7,719 km²
106	Kutai	≈ 6,766 km²
107	Negeri Sembilan	≈ 5,900 km²
108	Sultanate of Sambas	≈ 5,844 km²
109	Kuwait	≈ 5,500 km²
110	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 5,036 km²
111	Hamengkubuwono	≈ 4,177 km²
112	Pontianak Sultanate	≈ 4,061 km²
113	Principality of Guria	≈ 3,728 km²
114	Surakarta Sunanate	≈ 3,694 km²
115	Mạc dynasty	≈ 3,661 km²
116	Freetown	≈ 3,430 km²
117	Mempawah Kingdom	≈ 2,937 km²
118	Principality of Svaneti	≈ 2,507 km²
119	Danish India	≈ 2,222 km²
120	Sultan	≈ 1,983 km²
121	House of Khalifa	≈ 1,576 km²
122	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,516 km²
123	Danish Gold Coast	≈ 718 km²
124	New France	≈ 439 km²
125	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 373 km²
126	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²
127	Monaco	≈ 164 km²
128	Liechtenstein	≈ 137 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

New countries in this frame (3)

Nguyễn dynasty · Hawaiian Kingdom · French Guiana

Countries that disappeared in this frame (4)

Moldavia · Wallachia · Vermont Republic · Comtat Venaissin

Directions of expansion (3)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

Qajar dynasty → former land of Zand dynasty, ≈ 279 thousand km²
Khanate of Khiva → former land of Kazakh Khanate, ≈ 216 thousand km²
Qajar dynasty → former land of Khanates of the Caucasus, ≈ 106 thousand km²

The world in AD 1791

27 events from the sources that fall in this frame, grouped by region.

Oceania (27)

AD 1791 — After unloading the snow's cargo, the Supply is sent to Norfolk Island to bring back Hunter and the Sirius crew (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIII (raw line 3267))
AD 1791 — On 26 February Hunter and the crew join at Sydney; on 28 March the snow sails for England, carrying them via Timor and Batavia along the northern route (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIII (raw line 3283))
AD 1791 — Six days before the snow's departure, the Supply sails again for Norfolk Island with Captain Hill and a detachment of the New South Wales Corps; the native orphan boy Bondel volunteers to go along (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIII (raw line 3291))
AD 1791 — Right after the snow departs, eleven convicts (including one woman and two children) seize the governor's cutter and sail away to sea with nets, guns, quadrant and provisions (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIII (raw line 3309))
AD 1791 — Chased by large canoes near the Gulf of Carpentaria, they escape by rowing and on 5 June reach Timor, claiming to be survivors of a shipwreck; the Dutch receive them kindly but they are suspected (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIII (raw line 3351))
AD 1791 — On 2 April the weekly rations are cut again to 3 pounds each of rice, flour and pork (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIII (raw line 3377))
AD 1791 — On 1 May the governor grants land to convicts who volunteer to settle after finishing their sentences (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIII (raw line 3448))
AD 1791 — A party of 21 sets out from the governor's residence at Rose Hill to check whether the Hawkesbury and the Nepean are the same river; going slightly northeast, then turning sharply to N 34° W, they camp before 4 p.m. (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIV (raw line 3515))
AD 1791 — Leaving at 6:30 a.m. on 12 April, they reach the river within two hours; the land they passed was barren, and they trace it downstream (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIV (raw line 3602))
AD 1791 — From 14 April they trace the river upstream from this point, meet natives in canoes and converse with them; they record that the coastal and inland languages differ word by word (Tench, Account of the First Fleet at Port Jackson CHAPTER XIV (raw line 3712))

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1791 — Nguyễn dynasty appears
◆ AD 1791 — Moldavia ends
◆ AD 1791 — Qajar dynasty takes 279,100 km² of former Zand dynasty land
◆ AD 1791 — Khanate of Khiva takes 215,800 km² of former Kazakh Khanate land
◆ AD 1791 — Qajar dynasty takes 106,300 km² of former Khanates of the Caucasus land
◆ AD 1791 — Zand dynasty loses 279,100 km² to Qajar dynasty
◆ AD 1791 — Kazakh Khanate loses 215,800 km² to Khanate of Khiva
◆ AD 1791 — Khanates of the Caucasus loses 106,300 km² to Qajar dynasty

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