PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1690 – 1699

The world in the 1690s

From 1690 to 1699 the atlas holds 530 states standing at some time. 122 things began - Treaty of Karlowitz, Electorate of Hanover and Battle of the Boyne among them - and 19 ended; 76 people were born and 75 died.

Its years

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

1690: 19 began — 15 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16901691: 14 began — 12 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16911692: 14 began — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other16921693: 11 began — 9 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16931694: 10 began — 10 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other16941695: 12 began — 10 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other16951696: 16 began — 14 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other16961697: 11 began — 7 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16971698: 7 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other16981699: 8 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other1699

What began in the 1690s

By kind, the best known first.

States 12

and 4 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 92

and 84 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 7

Famine and plague 1

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 6

Trade and piracy 2

What ended in the 1690s

States 6

Wars and battles 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

Born 76

and 60 more in the atlas.

Died 75

and 59 more in the atlas.

States of the 1690s

The states that stood at some time in the 1690s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1690.

Europe: 232 statesEurope232Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 36 statesSub-Saharan Africa36South Asia: 108 statesSouth Asia108East and Southeast Asia: 61 statesEast and Southeast Asia61Americas and Oceania: 19 statesAmericas and Oceania19Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe232 states

and 224 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa36 states

and 28 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia108 states

and 100 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia61 states

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

Americas and Oceania19 states

and 11 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, 1670 – 1719: every state, war and life of the 1690s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1695: 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.