PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1520 – 1529

The world in the 1520s

From 1520 to 1529 the atlas holds 522 states standing at some time. 78 things began - Prussia, Mughal Empire and Habsburg monarchy among them - and 39 ended; 68 people were born and 81 died.

Its years

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

1520: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15201521: 14 began — 9 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15211522: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15221523: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15231524: 7 began — 3 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15241525: 5 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15251526: 12 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other15261527: 9 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other15271528: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15281529: 16 began — 11 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other1529

What began in the 1520s

By kind, the best known first.

States 21

and 13 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 42

and 34 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 1

What ended in the 1520s

States 24

and 16 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 5

Born and died

Born 68

and 52 more in the atlas.

Died 81

and 65 more in the atlas.

States of the 1520s

The states that stood at some time in the 1520s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1520.

Europe: 244 statesEurope244Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 92 statesSouth Asia92East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe244 states

and 236 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa63 states

and 55 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa24 states

and 16 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia92 states

and 84 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia68 states

and 60 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania12 states

and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown19 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1500 – 1549: every state, war and life of the 1520s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1525: 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.