PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1517

In 1517 the atlas holds 501 states standing across 6 regions. 8 things began that year - Lutheranism, Ottoman Egypt and Battle of Ridaniya among them - and 4 ended; 4 people were born and 9 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 1517

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

States 3

Wars and battles 4

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1517

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

States 2

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1517 4

Died in 1517 9

Standing in 1517

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: 236 statesEurope236Middle East and North Africa: 65 statesMiddle East and North Africa65Sub-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

Europe236 states

and 226 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa65 states

and 55 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, 1492 – 1542: every state, war and life of 1517 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1517: 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.