PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1665

In 1665 the atlas holds 516 states standing across 6 regions. 16 things began that year - Messier 22, Great Plague of London and Second Anglo-Dutch War among them; 7 people were born and 8 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1660s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1665

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

States 3

Wars and battles 11

and 1 more in the atlas.

Famine and plague 1

Works and ideas 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1665 7

Died in 1665 8

Standing in 1665

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: 232 statesEurope232Middle East and North Africa: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 33 statesSub-Saharan Africa33South Asia: 99 statesSouth Asia99East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 17 statesAmericas and Oceania17Location unknown: 20 statesLocation unknown20

Europe232 states

and 222 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa52 states

and 42 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa33 states

and 23 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia99 states

and 89 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

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

Americas and Oceania17 states

and 7 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, 1640 – 1690: every state, war and life of 1665 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1665: 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.