PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1530 – 1539

The world in the 1530s

From 1530 to 1539 the atlas holds 514 states standing at some time. 54 things began - The Prince, French colonial empire and Denmark–Norway among them - and 19 ended; 91 people were born and 58 died, 2 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.

1530: 6 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other15301531: 5 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15311532: 7 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15321533: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15331534: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15341535: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15351536: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15361537: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15371538: 5 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15381539: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1539

What began in the 1530s

By kind, the best known first.

States 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 27

and 19 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 4

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in the 1530s

States 7

Wars and battles 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

Born 91

and 75 more in the atlas.

Died 58

and 42 more in the atlas.

States of the 1530s

The states that stood at some time in the 1530s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1530.

Europe: 243 statesEurope243Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 89 statesSouth Asia89East and Southeast Asia: 66 statesEast and Southeast Asia66Americas and Oceania: 9 statesAmericas and Oceania9Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe243 states

and 235 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 Asia89 states

and 81 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia66 states

and 58 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania9 states

and 1 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown20 states

and 12 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1510 – 1559: every state, war and life of the 1530s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1535: 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.