PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1510 – 1519

The world in the 1510s

From 1510 to 1519 the atlas holds 511 states standing at some time. 72 things began - Spain, Lutheranism and Reformed Christianity among them - and 14 ended; 68 people were born and 59 died.

Its years

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

1510: 8 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other15101511: 5 began — 1 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15111512: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15121513: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15131514: 6 began — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15141515: 8 began — 1 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other15151516: 13 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other15161517: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15171518: 4 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15181519: 9 began — 5 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1519

What began in the 1510s

By kind, the best known first.

States 27

and 19 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 33

and 25 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 2

What ended in the 1510s

States 8

Wars and battles 5

Treaties 1

Born and died

Born 68

and 52 more in the atlas.

Died 59

and 43 more in the atlas.

States of the 1510s

The states that stood at some time in the 1510s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1510.

Europe: 239 statesEurope239Middle East and North Africa: 65 statesMiddle East and North Africa65Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 88 statesSouth Asia88East and Southeast Asia: 65 statesEast and Southeast Asia65Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

Europe239 states

and 231 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa65 states

and 57 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 Asia65 states

and 57 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania11 states

and 3 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown18 states

and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1490 – 1539: every state, war and life of the 1510s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1515: 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.