PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1654

In 1654 the atlas holds 520 states standing across 6 regions. 32 things began that year - Triangulum Galaxy, Lagoon Nebula and Butterfly Cluster among them - and 4 ended; 8 people were born and 4 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 1654

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

States 1

Wars and battles 20

and 10 more in the atlas.

Treaties 2

Works and ideas 9

What ended in 1654

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

States 3

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1654 8

Died in 1654 4

Standing in 1654

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: 235 statesEurope235Middle 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

Europe235 states

and 225 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, 1629 – 1679: every state, war and life of 1654 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1654: 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.