PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1620 – 1629

The world in the 1620s

From 1620 to 1629 the atlas holds 515 states standing at some time. 74 things began - Persepolis, Huguenots and Hydroponics among them - and 21 ended; 96 people were born and 88 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.

1620: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16201621: 11 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other16211622: 12 began — 9 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16221623: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16231624: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16241625: 7 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16251626: 7 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16261627: 11 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16271628: 4 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16281629: 5 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other1629

What began in the 1620s

By kind, the best known first.

States 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 40

and 32 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 4

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 8

Works and ideas 2

What ended in the 1620s

States 7

Wars and battles 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 1

Born and died

Born 96

and 80 more in the atlas.

Died 88

and 72 more in the atlas.

States of the 1620s

The states that stood at some time in the 1620s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1620.

Europe: 239 statesEurope239Middle East and North Africa: 53 statesMiddle East and North Africa53Sub-Saharan Africa: 30 statesSub-Saharan Africa30South Asia: 95 statesSouth Asia95East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 15 statesAmericas and Oceania15Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe239 states

and 231 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa53 states

and 45 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa30 states

and 22 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia95 states

and 87 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

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

Americas and Oceania15 states

and 7 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, 1600 – 1649: every state, war and life of the 1620s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1625: 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.