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Year

The world in 1603

In 1603 the atlas holds 491 states standing across 6 regions. 5 things began that year - Tokugawa shogunate, Sultanate of Darfur and Ottoman–Safavid war among them - and 2 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 1600s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1603

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

States 2

Wars and battles 3

What ended in 1603

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1603 7

Died in 1603 9

Standing in 1603

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: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 30 statesSub-Saharan Africa30South Asia: 89 statesSouth Asia89East and Southeast Asia: 57 statesEast and Southeast Asia57Americas and Oceania: 8 statesAmericas and Oceania8Location unknown: 18 statesLocation unknown18

Europe237 states

and 227 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa52 states

and 42 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa30 states

and 20 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia89 states

and 79 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia57 states

and 47 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, 1578 – 1628: every state, war and life of 1603 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1603: 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.