PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1520

In 1520 the atlas holds 502 states standing across 6 regions. 8 things began that year - Stockholm Bloodbath, La Noche Triste and Revolt of the Comuneros among them - and 4 ended; 6 people were born and 10 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1520s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1520

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

States 1

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 3

What ended in 1520

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

States 4

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1520 6

Died in 1520 10

Standing in 1520

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: 87 statesSouth Asia87East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas 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 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, 1495 – 1545: every state, war and life of 1520 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1520: 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.