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Year

The world in 1581

In 1581 the atlas holds 497 states standing across 6 regions. 7 things began that year - Dutch Republic, Spanish Netherlands and Siege of Pskov among them - and 2 ended; 1 person was born and 5 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1580s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1581

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

States 3

Wars and battles 4

What ended in 1581

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

States 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1581 1

Died in 1581 5

Standing in 1581

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: 240 statesEurope240Middle East and North Africa: 55 statesMiddle East and North Africa55Sub-Saharan Africa: 27 statesSub-Saharan Africa27South Asia: 88 statesSouth Asia88East and Southeast Asia: 62 statesEast and Southeast Asia62Americas and Oceania: 7 statesAmericas and Oceania7Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

Europe240 states

and 230 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa55 states

and 45 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa27 states

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

South Asia88 states

and 78 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia62 states

and 52 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, 1556 – 1606: every state, war and life of 1581 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1581: 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.