PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1680 – 1689

The world in the 1680s

From 1680 to 1689 the atlas holds 530 states standing at some time. 130 things began - Vulpecula, Lacerta and Lynx among them - and 23 ended; 79 people were born and 80 died.

Its years

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

1680: 13 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 10 other16801681: 11 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other16811682: 9 began — 7 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16821683: 11 began — 9 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16831684: 13 began — 9 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16841685: 12 began — 9 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16851686: 8 began — 6 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16861687: 8 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16871688: 19 began — 15 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16881689: 26 began — 20 wars and battles, 5 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1689

What began in the 1680s

By kind, the best known first.

States 16

and 8 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 86

and 78 more in the atlas.

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

Treaties 3

Works and ideas 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

What ended in the 1680s

States 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 7

Regime change 1

Unrest and atrocity 4

Born and died

Born 79

and 63 more in the atlas.

Died 80

and 64 more in the atlas.

States of the 1680s

The states that stood at some time in the 1680s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1680.

Europe: 234 statesEurope234Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 34 statesSub-Saharan Africa34South Asia: 107 statesSouth Asia107East and Southeast Asia: 61 statesEast and Southeast Asia61Americas and Oceania: 18 statesAmericas and Oceania18Location unknown: 22 statesLocation unknown22

Europe234 states

and 226 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa34 states

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

South Asia107 states

and 99 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia61 states

and 53 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania18 states

and 10 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown22 states

and 14 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1660 – 1709: every state, war and life of the 1680s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1685: 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.