PastlasHistorical atlas

Century · 1601 – 1700

The world in the 17th century

From 1601 to 1700 the atlas holds 627 states standing at some time, 137 of them founded in it - Qing dynasty and Huguenots the best known - and 98 ending in it. 970 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Thirty Years' War, English Civil War and Peace of Westphalia the best known of the events; 872 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 1601 to 1700, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 17th century

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

1601: 43 began — 28 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 13 other16011611: 40 began — 28 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 11 other16111621: 56 began — 37 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 14 other16211631: 50 began — 34 wars and battles, 6 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other16311641: 77 began — 63 wars and battles, 7 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other16411651: 225 began — 190 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 30 other16511661: 102 began — 75 wars and battles, 7 risings, regime changes and massacres, 20 other16611671: 132 began — 111 wars and battles, 9 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other16711681: 127 began — 98 wars and battles, 17 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other16811691: 118 began — 94 wars and battles, 7 risings, regime changes and massacres, 17 other1691

Wars and battles 758

and 750 more in the atlas.

Regime change 3

Unrest and atrocity 63

and 55 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 8

Natural disasters 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Treaties 79

and 71 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 43

and 35 more in the atlas.

Trade and piracy 5

States founded and fallen

Founded 137

and 123 more in the atlas.

Ended 98

and 84 more in the atlas.

Born in the 17th century

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

and 848 more in the atlas.

States of the 17th century

Every state that stood at some time in the 17th century, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 270 statesEurope270Middle East and North Africa: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 42 statesSub-Saharan Africa42South Asia: 125 statesSouth Asia125East and Southeast Asia: 75 statesEast and Southeast Asia75Americas and Oceania: 24 statesAmericas and Oceania24Location unknown: 30 statesLocation unknown30

Europe270 states

and 258 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa42 states

and 30 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia125 states

and 113 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia75 states

and 63 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania24 states

and 12 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown30 states

and 18 more; every state of Location unknown.

Its decades and years

The decades and years with a page of their own.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1600 – 1700: every state, war and life of the 17th century, region by region.
  • On the map in 1650: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.