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Year

The world in 1516

In 1516 the atlas holds 500 states standing across 6 regions. 13 things began that year - Spain, Habsburg Spain and Regency of Algiers among them - and 3 ended; 9 people were born and 7 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 1516

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

States 6

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

What ended in 1516

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

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1516 9

Died in 1516 7

Standing in 1516

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: 237 statesEurope237Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 86 statesSouth Asia86East and Southeast Asia: 62 statesEast and Southeast Asia62Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 17 statesLocation unknown17

Europe237 states

and 227 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa63 states

and 53 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa24 states

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

South Asia86 states

and 76 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia62 states

and 52 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania11 states

and 1 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown17 states

and 7 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1491 – 1541: every state, war and life of 1516 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1516: 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.