PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1652

In 1652 the atlas holds 521 states standing across 6 regions. 20 things began that year - Quakers, Anglo-Dutch wars and First Anglo-Dutch War among them - and 3 ended; 4 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 1650s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1652

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

States 2

Wars and battles 15

and 5 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Works and ideas 1

What ended in 1652

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Famine and plague 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1652 4

Died in 1652 5

Standing in 1652

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: 97 statesSouth Asia97East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 19 statesAmericas and Oceania19Location unknown: 21 statesLocation unknown21

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 Asia97 states

and 87 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

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

Americas and Oceania19 states

and 9 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown21 states

and 11 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1627 – 1677: every state, war and life of 1652 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1652: 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.