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Year

The world in 1519

In 1519 the atlas holds 501 states standing across 6 regions. 9 things began that year - Reformed Christianity, Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire and Celali rebellions among them - and 1 ended; 11 people were born and 4 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 1519

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

States 1

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 2

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1519

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 1519 11

Died in 1519 4

Standing in 1519

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: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 87 statesSouth Asia87East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 17 statesLocation unknown17

Europe236 states

and 226 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 Asia87 states

and 77 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

and 53 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, 1494 – 1544: every state, war and life of 1519 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1519: 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.