PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1684

In 1684 the atlas holds 523 states standing across 6 regions. 13 things began that year - Scutum, Dione and Tethys among them - and 3 ended; 10 people were born and 3 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1680s page, and to its century on the 17th century.

What began in 1684

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

Wars and battles 9

Treaties 1

Works and ideas 3

What ended in 1684

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

Wars and battles 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1684 10

Died in 1684 3

Standing in 1684

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: 230 statesEurope230Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 33 statesSub-Saharan Africa33South Asia: 107 statesSouth Asia107East and Southeast Asia: 60 statesEast and Southeast Asia60Americas and Oceania: 18 statesAmericas and Oceania18Location unknown: 21 statesLocation unknown21

Europe230 states

and 220 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 44 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa33 states

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

South Asia107 states

and 97 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia60 states

and 50 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania18 states

and 8 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, 1659 – 1709: every state, war and life of 1684 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1684: 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.