PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1560 – 1569

The world in the 1560s

From 1560 to 1569 the atlas holds 515 states standing at some time. 63 things began - Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Eighty Years' War and Grand Duchy of Tuscany among them - and 21 ended; 86 people were born and 67 died, 3 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.

1560: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15601561: 6 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15611562: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15621563: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15631564: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15641565: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15651566: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15661567: 10 began — 4 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15671568: 12 began — 9 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15681569: 11 began — 4 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other1569

What began in the 1560s

By kind, the best known first.

States 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 37

and 29 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 1

What ended in the 1560s

States 16

and 8 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 4

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

Born 86

and 70 more in the atlas.

Died 67

and 51 more in the atlas.

States of the 1560s

The states that stood at some time in the 1560s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1560.

Europe: 242 statesEurope242Middle East and North Africa: 57 statesMiddle East and North Africa57Sub-Saharan Africa: 28 statesSub-Saharan Africa28South Asia: 92 statesSouth Asia92East and Southeast Asia: 67 statesEast and Southeast Asia67Americas and Oceania: 10 statesAmericas and Oceania10Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe242 states

and 234 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa57 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa28 states

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

South Asia92 states

and 84 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 unknown19 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1540 – 1589: every state, war and life of the 1560s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1565: 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.