PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1580 – 1589

The world in the 1580s

From 1580 to 1589 the atlas holds 502 states standing at some time. 57 things began - British Empire, Dutch Republic and Spanish Netherlands among them - and 22 ended; 74 people were born and 81 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.

1580: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15801581: 7 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15811582: 11 began — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15821583: 6 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15831584: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other15841585: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other15851586: 6 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other15861587: 4 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15871588: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other15881589: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1589

What began in the 1580s

By kind, the best known first.

States 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 40

and 32 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 1

What ended in the 1580s

States 7

Wars and battles 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

Born 74

and 58 more in the atlas.

Died 81

and 65 more in the atlas.

States of the 1580s

The states that stood at some time in the 1580s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1580.

Europe: 241 statesEurope241Middle East and North Africa: 55 statesMiddle East and North Africa55Sub-Saharan Africa: 28 statesSub-Saharan Africa28South Asia: 90 statesSouth Asia90East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 7 statesAmericas and Oceania7Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

Europe241 states

and 233 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa55 states

and 47 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa28 states

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

South Asia90 states

and 82 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

and 55 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania7 states

Location unknown18 states

and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1560 – 1609: every state, war and life of the 1580s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1585: 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.