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Year

The world in 1628

In 1628 the atlas holds 509 states standing across 6 regions. 4 things began that year - War of the Mantuan Succession, Siege of Stralsund and Battle in the Bay of Matanzas among them - and 4 ended; 7 people were born and 5 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1620s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1628

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

Wars and battles 4

What ended in 1628

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

States 2

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1628 7

Died in 1628 5

Standing in 1628

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: 236 statesEurope236Middle East and North Africa: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 30 statesSub-Saharan Africa30South Asia: 93 statesSouth Asia93East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 15 statesAmericas and Oceania15Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe236 states

and 226 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 Asia93 states

and 83 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

and 53 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania15 states

and 5 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown20 states

and 10 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1603 – 1653: every state, war and life of 1628 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1628: 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.