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Year

The world in 1538

In 1538 the atlas holds 508 states standing across 6 regions. 5 things began that year - Battle of Preveza, Ottoman–Portuguese confrontations and Battle of Las Salinas among them - and 3 ended; 8 people were born and 5 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 1538

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

Wars and battles 5

What ended in 1538

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

States 1

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1538 8

Died in 1538 5

Standing in 1538

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: 239 statesEurope239Middle East and North Africa: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 25 statesSub-Saharan Africa25South Asia: 89 statesSouth Asia89East and Southeast Asia: 66 statesEast and Southeast Asia66Americas and Oceania: 8 statesAmericas and Oceania8Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe239 states

and 229 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

and 51 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa25 states

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

South Asia89 states

and 79 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia66 states

and 56 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania8 states

Location unknown20 states

and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1513 – 1563: every state, war and life of 1538 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1538: 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.