PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1640 – 1649

The world in the 1640s

From 1640 to 1649 the atlas holds 534 states standing at some time. 88 things began - English Civil War, Barometer and Peace of Westphalia among them - and 28 ended; 90 people were born and 72 died.

Its years

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

1640: 9 began — 2 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16401641: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16411642: 11 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16421643: 11 began — 8 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16431644: 11 began — 8 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16441645: 7 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16451646: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16461647: 4 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16471648: 17 began — 10 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16481649: 10 began — 8 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1649

What began in the 1640s

By kind, the best known first.

States 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 54

and 46 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 8

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 1

What ended in the 1640s

States 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Born and died

Born 90

and 74 more in the atlas.

Died 72

and 56 more in the atlas.

States of the 1640s

The states that stood at some time in the 1640s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1640.

Europe: 246 statesEurope246Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 31 statesSub-Saharan Africa31South Asia: 98 statesSouth Asia98East and Southeast Asia: 67 statesEast and Southeast Asia67Americas and Oceania: 18 statesAmericas and Oceania18Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe246 states

and 238 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 Asia98 states

and 90 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia67 states

and 59 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania18 states

and 10 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, 1620 – 1669: every state, war and life of the 1640s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1645: 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.