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Year

The world in 1574

In 1574 the atlas holds 495 states standing across 6 regions. 8 things began that year - Juan Fernández Islands, Robinson Crusoe Island and Conquest of Tunis among them - and 4 ended; 2 people were born and 16 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 1574

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

States 2

Wars and battles 4

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1574

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

States 2

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1574 2

Died in 1574 16

Standing in 1574

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: 234 statesEurope234Middle East and North Africa: 56 statesMiddle East and North Africa56Sub-Saharan Africa: 28 statesSub-Saharan Africa28South Asia: 89 statesSouth Asia89East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 7 statesAmericas and Oceania7Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

Europe234 states

and 224 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 Asia89 states

and 79 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

and 53 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania7 states

Location unknown18 states

and 8 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1549 – 1599: every state, war and life of 1574 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1574: 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.