PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1670 – 1679

The world in the 1670s

From 1670 to 1679 the atlas holds 525 states standing at some time. 148 things began - Rhea, Maratha Empire and Iapetus among them - and 23 ended; 95 people were born and 85 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.

1670: 11 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16701671: 7 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16711672: 21 began — 17 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16721673: 11 began — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16731674: 16 began — 6 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other16741675: 20 began — 17 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16751676: 18 began — 16 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16761677: 18 began — 18 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16771678: 13 began — 13 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16781679: 12 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other1679

What began in the 1670s

By kind, the best known first.

States 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 115

and 107 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 2

Trade and piracy 1

What ended in the 1670s

States 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

Born 95

and 79 more in the atlas.

Died 85

and 69 more in the atlas.

States of the 1670s

The states that stood at some time in the 1670s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1670.

Europe: 234 statesEurope234Middle East and North Africa: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 34 statesSub-Saharan Africa34South Asia: 104 statesSouth Asia104East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 18 statesAmericas and Oceania18Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe234 states

and 226 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa52 states

and 44 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa34 states

and 26 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia104 states

and 96 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

and 55 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, 1650 – 1699: every state, war and life of the 1670s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1675: 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.