PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1540

In 1540 the atlas holds 508 states standing across 6 regions. 9 things began that year - Imerina, Sur Empire and Treaty of Nagyvárad among them - and 4 ended; 11 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 1540s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1540

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

States 3

Wars and battles 5

Treaties 1

What ended in 1540

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Natural disasters 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1540 11

Died in 1540 10

Standing in 1540

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: 59 statesMiddle East and North Africa59Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 90 statesSouth Asia90East 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 Africa59 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

and 16 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia90 states

and 80 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, 1515 – 1565: every state, war and life of 1540 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1540: 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.