PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1570 – 1579

The world in the 1570s

From 1570 to 1579 the atlas holds 510 states standing at some time. 72 things began - St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, Battle of Lepanto and Juan Fernández Islands among them - and 33 ended; 69 people were born and 84 died.

Its years

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

1570: 13 began — 6 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other15701571: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15711572: 13 began — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15721573: 9 began — 8 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15731574: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15741575: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15751576: 6 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other15761577: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15771578: 9 began — 9 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15781579: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1579

What began in the 1570s

By kind, the best known first.

States 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 47

and 39 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 3

Natural disasters 3

Treaties 6

Works and ideas 2

What ended in the 1570s

States 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

Born 69

and 53 more in the atlas.

Died 84

and 68 more in the atlas.

States of the 1570s

The states that stood at some time in the 1570s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1570.

Europe: 239 statesEurope239Middle East and North Africa: 56 statesMiddle East and North Africa56Sub-Saharan Africa: 28 statesSub-Saharan Africa28South Asia: 92 statesSouth Asia92East and Southeast Asia: 66 statesEast and Southeast Asia66Americas and Oceania: 9 statesAmericas and Oceania9Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe239 states

and 231 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa56 states

and 48 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 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, 1550 – 1599: every state, war and life of the 1570s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1575: 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.