Realm · 1757–1858
British Empire
British Empire appears on the map from 1757 to 1858. At its greatest recorded extent, in 1856, it covered about 4.18 million km².
One of the realms of British India (Company Rule and the Raj). The English East India Company began as a trading firm with posts at Surat, Madras, Bombay and Calcutta. As Mughal power waned, its victory at Plassey in 1757 made it master of Bengal, and over the next century it conquered or subordinated most of the subcontinent, ruling through armies of Indian sepoys and alliances with princes.
See British Empire on the map in 1856
- On the map
- 1757–1858
- Greatest extent
- 1856, about 4.18 million km²
- Part of
- British Empire
- Read more
- Wikipedia: British Empire · Wikidata Q8680
Territory through time
| Years | Area drawn |
|---|---|
| 1757–1761 | 4,250 km² |
| 1762 | 394,930 km² |
| 1763–1768 | 393,323 km² |
| 1769–1774 | 469,531 km² |
| 1775–1777 | 505,852 km² |
| 1778–1779 | 506,187 km² |
| 1780 | 509,402 km² |
| 1781–1782 | 510,301 km² |
| 1783–1787 | 509,967 km² |
| 1788–1790 | 516,535 km² |
| 1791 | 535,359 km² |
| 1792–1793 | 563,032 km² |
| 1794–1795 | 595,122 km² |
| 1796 | 648,530 km² |
| 1797–1798 | 648,636 km² |
| 1799 | 869,657 km² |
| 1800–1802 | 979,252 km² |
| 1803–1804 | 1.29 million km² |
| 1805 | 1.57 million km² |
| 1806 | 1.58 million km² |
| 1807–1808 | 1.58 million km² |
| 1809–1810 | 1.58 million km² |
| 1811–1813 | 1.63 million km² |
| 1814 | 1.67 million km² |
| 1815–1819 | 1.78 million km² |
| 1820–1821 | 2.84 million km² |
| 1822–1823 | 2.88 million km² |
| 1824 | 2.89 million km² |
| 1825–1827 | 3.05 million km² |
| 1828–1829 | 3.06 million km² |
| 1830–1833 | 3.06 million km² |
| 1834–1835 | 3.11 million km² |
| 1836–1839 | 3.13 million km² |
| 1840–1841 | 3.66 million km² |
| 1842–1845 | 3.55 million km² |
| 1846–1847 | 3.75 million km² |
| 1848 | 3.75 million km² |
| 1849–1852 | 4.00 million km² |
| 1853–1855 | 4.18 million km² |
| 1856 | 4.18 million km² |
| 1857–1858 | 3.63 million km² |