PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1521

In 1521 the atlas holds 500 states standing across 6 regions. 14 things began that year - Small Magellanic Cloud, Italian War of 1521–1526 and Swedish War of Liberation among them - and 11 ended; 7 people were born and 12 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 1521

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

States 2

Wars and battles 9

Unrest and atrocity 2

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1521

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

States 7

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1521 7

Died in 1521 12

Standing in 1521

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: 238 statesEurope238Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 24 statesSub-Saharan Africa24South Asia: 86 statesSouth Asia86East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 9 statesAmericas and Oceania9Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

Europe238 states

and 228 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 Asia86 states

and 76 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

and 53 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania9 states

Location unknown18 states

and 8 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1496 – 1546: every state, war and life of 1521 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1521: 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.