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Year

The world in 1531

In 1531 the atlas holds 500 states standing across 6 regions. 5 things began that year - Nueva Galicia, Second War of Kappel and Siege of Diu among them - and 1 ended; 4 people were born and 3 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1530s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1531

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

States 2

Wars and battles 3

What ended in 1531

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 1531 4

Died in 1531 3

Standing in 1531

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: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 87 statesSouth Asia87East and Southeast Asia: 65 statesEast and Southeast Asia65Americas and Oceania: 7 statesAmericas and Oceania7Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe236 states

and 226 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

and 15 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia87 states

and 77 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia65 states

and 55 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania7 states

Location unknown20 states

and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1506 – 1556: every state, war and life of 1531 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1531: 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.