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Year

The world in 1668

In 1668 the atlas holds 517 states standing across 6 regions. 10 things began that year - French India, Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and Triple Alliance 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 1660s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1668

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

States 1

Wars and battles 3

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 3

Trade and piracy 1

What ended in 1668

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

States 1

Wars and battles 1

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1668 4

Died in 1668 5

Standing in 1668

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: 101 statesSouth Asia101East and Southeast Asia: 63 statesEast and Southeast Asia63Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location 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 Asia101 states

and 91 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia63 states

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

Americas and Oceania16 states

and 6 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, 1643 – 1693: every state, war and life of 1668 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1668: 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.