PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1659

In 1659 the atlas holds 517 states standing across 6 regions. 20 things began that year - Treaty of the Pyrenees, Battle of Konotop and Battle of Nyborg among them - and 5 ended; 5 people were born and 6 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 1659

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

Wars and battles 18

and 8 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

What ended in 1659

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 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1659 5

Died in 1659 6

Standing in 1659

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: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 31 statesSub-Saharan Africa31South Asia: 98 statesSouth Asia98East and Southeast Asia: 62 statesEast and Southeast Asia62Americas and Oceania: 17 statesAmericas and Oceania17Location unknown: 21 statesLocation unknown21

Europe234 states

and 224 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 Asia98 states

and 88 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia62 states

and 52 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania17 states

and 7 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, 1634 – 1684: every state, war and life of 1659 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1659: 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.