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Year

The world in 1606

In 1606 the atlas holds 489 states standing across 6 regions. 6 things began that year - Peace of Zsitvatorok, Treaty of Vienna and Uprising of Bolotnikov among them - and 2 ended; 9 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 1600s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1606

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

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 2

What ended in 1606

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

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1606 9

Died in 1606 11

Standing in 1606

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: 234 statesEurope234Middle East and North Africa: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 30 statesSub-Saharan Africa30South Asia: 90 statesSouth Asia90East and Southeast Asia: 57 statesEast and Southeast Asia57Americas and Oceania: 9 statesAmericas and Oceania9Location unknown: 17 statesLocation unknown17

Europe234 states

and 224 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 Asia90 states

and 80 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia57 states

and 47 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania9 states

Location unknown17 states

and 7 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1581 – 1631: every state, war and life of 1606 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1606: 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.