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Year

The world in 1553

In 1553 the atlas holds 504 states standing across 6 regions. 2 things began that year - Battles of Kawanakajima and Invasion of Corsica - and 1 ended; 12 people were born and 14 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 1553

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

Wars and battles 2

What ended in 1553

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 1553 12

Died in 1553 14

Standing in 1553

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: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 90 statesSouth Asia90East and Southeast Asia: 64 statesEast and Southeast Asia64Americas and Oceania: 8 statesAmericas and Oceania8Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe236 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 Miquel Despuig, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1552
  • Monaco · 1297 – present
  • San Marino · 301 – present · Antonio di Piero Tontini, Captain Regent of San Marino since 1552 and Vincenzo di Giovanni di Andrea, Captain Regent of San Marino since 1552
  • 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 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 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 Asia64 states

and 54 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, 1528 – 1578: every state, war and life of 1553 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1553: 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.