PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1550 – 1559

The world in the 1550s

From 1550 to 1559 the atlas holds 517 states standing at some time. 60 things began - Macau, Platinum and 1556 Shaanxi earthquake among them - and 27 ended; 92 people were born and 79 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.

1550: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15501551: 4 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15511552: 14 began — 10 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15521553: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15531554: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15541555: 6 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15551556: 6 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15561557: 8 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other15571558: 7 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15581559: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1559

What began in the 1550s

By kind, the best known first.

States 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 36

and 28 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 2

What ended in the 1550s

States 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 3

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

Born 92

and 76 more in the atlas.

Died 79

and 63 more in the atlas.

States of the 1550s

The states that stood at some time in the 1550s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1550.

Europe: 238 statesEurope238Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 28 statesSub-Saharan Africa28South Asia: 93 statesSouth Asia93East and Southeast Asia: 68 statesEast and Southeast Asia68Americas and Oceania: 9 statesAmericas and Oceania9Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe238 states

and 230 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa28 states

and 20 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia93 states

and 85 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia68 states

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

Americas and Oceania9 states

and 1 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, 1530 – 1579: every state, war and life of the 1550s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1555: 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.