OpenHistoricalMap

OpenHistoricalMap goes beyond the present, mapping places throughout the world… throughout the ages.
No community is too small, no story too obscure to add to this map.
Everyone has something to contribute, including you!

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Contribute

To contribute to OpenHistoricalMap, go to the main map, zoom in to a place of interest, and click the “Edit” button. If you are familiar with editing OpenStreetMap, the OpenHistoricalMap editing experience is very similar. See the tagging guidelines for information on a few changes we’ve made to accommodate the time dimension.

We also maintain several software projects to facilitate map contributions and data reuse. Please report any issues and send us your ideas on GitHub or our forum.

Then and now

From OpenHistoricalMap's community projects:

Left: The city of Königsberg as of 1920. Right: The same location today.

On this day

Selected establishments and disestablishments on November 24:

1817: The Tennessee General Assembly creates Wayne County from Hickman County and unorganized territory. The act is technically invalid, but citizens proceed to organize the county anyways.
1867: Smithfield Market opens in London.
1882: The Vestfold Line opens between Larvik to Skien in Norway.
1902: The Territory of Quintana Roo is created as a federal territory of Mexico by decree of President Porfirio Diaz.
1926: Carmel of Thérèse of Lisieux is founded in Manila.
1948: Dumaguete becomes a city in Negros Oriental, Philippines.
2011: In Sunnyvale, California, after the Severns–Pease Christmas Display’s operator dies suddenly, Anthony Bernal continues the annual tradition with the Lights on Peach Avenue.
2013: A telephone booth is blown up in Schwerte, Germany.
2019: St. Luke’s Medical Center closes after 112 years in operation in Phoenix, Arizona.