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Year

The world in 1597

In 1597 the atlas holds 494 states standing across 6 regions. 14 things began that year - Hydrus, Chamaeleon and Phoenix among them - and 5 ended; 6 people were born and 11 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 1597

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

States 1

Wars and battles 5

Works and ideas 8

What ended in 1597

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

States 3

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1597 6

Died in 1597 11

Standing in 1597

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: 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: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe240 states

and 230 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 unknown16 states

and 6 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1572 – 1622: every state, war and life of 1597 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1597: 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.