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Year

The world in 1647

In 1647 the atlas holds 518 states standing across 6 regions. 4 things began that year - Neapolitan Republic, Truce of Ulm and Great Plague of Seville among them - and 1 ended; 7 people were born and 10 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1640s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1647

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Famine and plague 1

Treaties 1

What ended in 1647

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 1647 7

Died in 1647 10

Standing in 1647

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: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 31 statesSub-Saharan Africa31South Asia: 95 statesSouth Asia95East and Southeast Asia: 64 statesEast and Southeast Asia64Americas and Oceania: 18 statesAmericas and Oceania18Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe236 states

and 226 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 44 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa31 states

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

South Asia95 states

and 85 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia64 states

and 54 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania18 states

and 8 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, 1622 – 1672: every state, war and life of 1647 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1647: 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.