PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1540 – 1549

The world in the 1540s

From 1540 to 1549 the atlas holds 518 states standing at some time. 58 things began - Morocco, Tsardom of Russia and Kingdom of Ireland among them - and 26 ended; 77 people were born and 66 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.

1540: 9 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15401541: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15411542: 9 began — 7 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15421543: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15431544: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15441545: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15451546: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15461547: 10 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15471548: 7 began — 4 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15481549: 5 began — 0 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other1549

What began in the 1540s

By kind, the best known first.

States 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 34

and 26 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 4

What ended in the 1540s

States 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Natural disasters 1

Born and died

Born 77

and 61 more in the atlas.

Died 66

and 50 more in the atlas.

States of the 1540s

The states that stood at some time in the 1540s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1540.

Europe: 242 statesEurope242Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 91 statesSouth Asia91East and Southeast Asia: 67 statesEast and Southeast Asia67Americas and Oceania: 10 statesAmericas and Oceania10Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe242 states

and 234 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

and 18 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia91 states

and 83 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia67 states

and 59 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania10 states

and 2 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, 1520 – 1569: every state, war and life of the 1540s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1545: 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.