PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1600

In 1600 the atlas holds 495 states standing across 6 regions. 11 things began that year - The Merchant of Venice, Battle of Sekigahara and Polish–Swedish War among them - and 1 ended; 9 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 1600s page, and to its century on the 16th century.

What began in 1600

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

Wars and battles 9

Unrest and atrocity 1

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1600

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 1600 9

Died in 1600 9

Standing in 1600

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: 31 statesSub-Saharan Africa31South Asia: 90 statesSouth Asia90East and Southeast Asia: 58 statesEast and Southeast Asia58Americas and Oceania: 8 statesAmericas and Oceania8Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

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 Africa31 states

and 21 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia90 states

and 80 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia58 states

and 48 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania8 states

Location unknown18 states

and 8 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1575 – 1625: every state, war and life of 1600 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1600: 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.