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Year

The world in 1551

In 1551 the atlas holds 505 states standing across 6 regions. 4 things began that year - Italian War of 1551–1559, Invasion of Gozo and Siege of Tripoli among them - and 1 ended; 8 people were born and 4 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1550s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1551

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

Wars and battles 4

What ended in 1551

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

States 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1551 8

Died in 1551 4

Standing in 1551

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: 235 statesEurope235Middle East and North Africa: 61 statesMiddle East and North Africa61Sub-Saharan Africa: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 90 statesSouth Asia90East and Southeast Asia: 65 statesEast and Southeast Asia65Americas and Oceania: 8 statesAmericas and Oceania8Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe235 states

  • France · 481 – present
  • Spain · 1516 – present
  • Sweden · 900 – present · Gustav Vasa, Monarch of Sweden since 1523
  • Denmark · 800 – present · Christian III of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1534
  • Andorra · 1278 – present · Henry II of Navarre, French co-prince of Andorra since 1517 and Francisco de Urries, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1534
  • Monaco · 1297 – present
  • San Marino · 301 – present · Giovanni Antonio Leonardelli, Captain Regent of San Marino since 1550 and Cristofaro di Marino Giangi, Captain Regent of San Marino since 1550
  • Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806 · Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor since 1519
  • Prussia · 1525 – 1933
  • Spanish Empire · 1402 – 1899 · Lorenzo Fernández de Heredia y Lope de Lanuza, Viceroy of Sardinia since 1551

and 225 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa61 states

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

Sub-Saharan Africa27 states

and 17 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia90 states

and 80 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia65 states

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

Americas and Oceania8 states

Location unknown19 states

and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1526 – 1576: every state, war and life of 1551 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1551: 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.