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Year

The world in 1572

In 1572 the atlas holds 498 states standing across 6 regions. 13 things began that year - St. Bartholomew's Day massacre, Duchy of Saxe-Weimar and Battle of Molodi among them - and 5 ended; 11 people were born and 13 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1570s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1572

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

States 3

Wars and battles 9

Unrest and atrocity 1

What ended in 1572

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

States 3

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1572 11

Died in 1572 13

Standing in 1572

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: 232 statesEurope232Middle East and North Africa: 56 statesMiddle East and North Africa56Sub-Saharan Africa: 28 statesSub-Saharan Africa28South Asia: 90 statesSouth Asia90East and Southeast Asia: 64 statesEast and Southeast Asia64Americas and Oceania: 9 statesAmericas and Oceania9Location unknown: 19 statesLocation unknown19

Europe232 states

and 222 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa56 states

and 46 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa28 states

and 18 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 Oceania9 states

Location unknown19 states

and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1547 – 1597: every state, war and life of 1572 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1572: 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.