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Year

The world in 1512

In 1512 the atlas holds 488 states standing across 6 regions. 6 things began that year - Battle of Ravenna, Spanish conquest of Iberian Navarre and Battle of Saint-Mathieu among them - and 1 ended; 6 people were born and 5 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1510s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1512

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

States 1

Wars and battles 5

What ended in 1512

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

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1512 6

Died in 1512 5

Standing in 1512

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: 232 statesEurope232Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 84 statesSouth Asia84East and Southeast Asia: 60 statesEast and Southeast Asia60Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 15 statesLocation unknown15

Europe232 states

and 222 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

and 52 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa24 states

and 14 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia84 states

and 74 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia60 states

and 50 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania11 states

and 1 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown15 states

and 5 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1487 – 1537: every state, war and life of 1512 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1512: 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.