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Year

The world in 1557

In 1557 the atlas holds 502 states standing across 6 regions. 8 things began that year - Macau, Platinum and Equals sign among them - and 2 ended; 10 people were born and 7 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 1557

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

States 4

Wars and battles 1

Famine and plague 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1557

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

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1557 10

Died in 1557 7

Standing in 1557

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: 57 statesMiddle East and North Africa57Sub-Saharan Africa: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 90 statesSouth Asia90East and Southeast Asia: 65 statesEast and Southeast Asia65Americas and Oceania: 9 statesAmericas and Oceania9Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe235 states

and 225 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa57 states

and 47 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 Oceania9 states

Location unknown19 states

and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1532 – 1582: every state, war and life of 1557 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1557: 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.