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Year

The world in 1501

In 1501 the atlas holds 492 states standing across 6 regions. 8 things began that year - Safavid dynasty, Safavid Iran and Canton of Basel among them - and 4 ended; 6 people were born and 6 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1500s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1501

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

States 4

Wars and battles 4

What ended in 1501

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1501 6

Died in 1501 6

Standing in 1501

The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.

Europe: 239 statesEurope239Middle East and North Africa: 59 statesMiddle East and North Africa59Sub-Saharan Africa: 23 statesSub-Saharan Africa23South Asia: 86 statesSouth Asia86East and Southeast Asia: 58 statesEast and Southeast Asia58Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe239 states

and 229 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa59 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa23 states

and 13 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia86 states

and 76 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia58 states

and 48 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania11 states

and 1 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown16 states

and 6 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1476 – 1526: every state, war and life of 1501 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1501: 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.