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Year

The world in 1596

In 1596 the atlas holds 494 states standing across 6 regions. 9 things began that year - Bjørnøya, Mira and Duchy of Saxe-Eisenach among them - and 1 ended; 10 people were born and 9 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1590s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1596

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

States 2

Wars and battles 4

Unrest and atrocity 1

Works and ideas 2

What ended in 1596

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

States 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1596 10

Died in 1596 9

Standing in 1596

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: 241 statesEurope241Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 28 statesSub-Saharan Africa28South Asia: 89 statesSouth Asia89East and Southeast Asia: 59 statesEast and Southeast Asia59Americas and Oceania: 8 statesAmericas and Oceania8Location unknown: 15 statesLocation unknown15

Europe241 states

and 231 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 44 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 Asia59 states

and 49 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania8 states

Location unknown15 states

and 5 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1571 – 1621: every state, war and life of 1596 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1596: 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.