PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1650 – 1659

The world in the 1650s

From 1650 to 1659 the atlas holds 526 states standing at some time. 233 things began - Titan, Red blood cell and Quakers among them - and 25 ended; 71 people were born and 72 died, 1 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.

1650: 16 began — 11 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16501651: 22 began — 20 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16511652: 20 began — 15 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16521653: 12 began — 10 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16531654: 32 began — 20 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other16541655: 26 began — 23 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16551656: 36 began — 29 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other16561657: 25 began — 23 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16571658: 23 began — 19 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16581659: 20 began — 18 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1659

What began in the 1650s

By kind, the best known first.

States 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 188

and 180 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 6

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1650s

States 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 12

and 4 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 3

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

Born 71

and 55 more in the atlas.

Died 72

and 56 more in the atlas.

States of the 1650s

The states that stood at some time in the 1650s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1650.

Europe: 236 statesEurope236Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 32 statesSub-Saharan Africa32South Asia: 99 statesSouth Asia99East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 21 statesAmericas and Oceania21Location unknown: 21 statesLocation unknown21

Europe236 states

and 228 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa32 states

and 24 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia99 states

and 91 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

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

Americas and Oceania21 states

and 13 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown21 states

and 13 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1630 – 1679: every state, war and life of the 1650s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1655: 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.