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Year

The world in 1672

In 1672 the atlas holds 517 states standing across 6 regions. 21 things began that year - Rhea, Franco-Dutch War and Third Anglo-Dutch War among them - and 1 ended; 7 people were born and 12 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1670s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1672

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

States 1

Wars and battles 17

and 7 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 1

  • Rhea · discovery · 1672

What ended in 1672

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

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1672 7

Died in 1672 12

Standing in 1672

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, 1647 – 1697: every state, war and life of 1672 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1672: 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.