PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1500 – 1509

The world in the 1500s

From 1500 to 1509 the atlas holds 502 states standing at some time. 53 things began - Cayman Islands, Fernando de Noronha and Safavid dynasty among them - and 22 ended; 97 people were born and 56 died, 11 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1500: 11 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other15001501: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15011502: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15021503: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15031504: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15041505: 5 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15051506: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15061507: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15071508: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15081509: 6 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1509

What began in the 1500s

By kind, the best known first.

States 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 30

and 22 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 3

What ended in the 1500s

States 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

Born 97

and 81 more in the atlas.

Died 56

and 40 more in the atlas.

States of the 1500s

The states that stood at some time in the 1500s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1500.

Europe: 240 statesEurope240Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 88 statesSouth Asia88East and Southeast Asia: 59 statesEast and Southeast Asia59Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 17 statesLocation unknown17

Europe240 states

and 232 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

and 54 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

and 17 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia88 states

and 80 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia59 states

and 51 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania11 states

and 3 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown17 states

and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1480 – 1529: every state, war and life of the 1500s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1505: 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.