PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1599

In 1599 the atlas holds 489 states standing across 6 regions. 4 things began that year - Principality of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, Battle of Șelimbăr and Battle of Curlew Pass among them - and 3 ended; 7 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 1599

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

States 1

Wars and battles 3

What ended in 1599

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

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1599 7

Died in 1599 9

Standing in 1599

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: 237 statesEurope237Middle East and North Africa: 53 statesMiddle East and North Africa53Sub-Saharan Africa: 29 statesSub-Saharan Africa29South Asia: 88 statesSouth Asia88East and Southeast Asia: 59 statesEast and Southeast Asia59Americas and Oceania: 8 statesAmericas and Oceania8Location unknown: 15 statesLocation unknown15

Europe237 states

and 227 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa53 states

and 43 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa29 states

and 19 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia88 states

and 78 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, 1574 – 1624: every state, war and life of 1599 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1599: 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.