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Year

The world in 1532

In 1532 the atlas holds 502 states standing across 6 regions. 7 things began that year - The Prince, Duchy of Florence and Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire among them - and 2 ended; 7 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 1532

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

States 2

Wars and battles 4

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1532

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1532 7

Died in 1532 3

Standing in 1532

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: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 88 statesSouth Asia88East and Southeast Asia: 65 statesEast and Southeast Asia65Americas and Oceania: 7 statesAmericas and Oceania7Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe237 states

and 227 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 Asia88 states

and 78 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, 1507 – 1557: every state, war and life of 1532 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1532: 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.