PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1600 – 1609

The world in the 1600s

From 1600 to 1609 the atlas holds 503 states standing at some time. 57 things began - Don Quixote, Tokugawa shogunate and Delaware River among them - and 13 ended; 83 people were born and 73 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.

1600: 11 began — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16001601: 8 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16011602: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16021603: 5 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16031604: 4 began — 1 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16041605: 5 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16051606: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16061607: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16071608: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16081609: 12 began — 8 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other1609

What began in the 1600s

By kind, the best known first.

States 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 35

and 27 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 3

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 5

Works and ideas 3

What ended in the 1600s

States 5

Wars and battles 6

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

Born 83

and 67 more in the atlas.

Died 73

and 57 more in the atlas.

States of the 1600s

The states that stood at some time in the 1600s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1600.

Europe: 239 statesEurope239Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 31 statesSub-Saharan Africa31South Asia: 91 statesSouth Asia91East and Southeast Asia: 60 statesEast and Southeast Asia60Americas and Oceania: 10 statesAmericas and Oceania10Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

Europe239 states

and 231 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 46 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa31 states

and 23 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia91 states

and 83 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia60 states

and 52 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania10 states

and 2 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown18 states

and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1580 – 1629: every state, war and life of the 1600s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1605: 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.