Europe in 1520
This map shows the 51 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1520
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Grand Principality of Moscow
- Kalmar Union
- Ottoman Empire
- House of Jagiellon
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Safavid Dynasty
- Kingdom of England
- Crimean Khanate
- Livonian Conference
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Wallachia
- Republic of Venice
- Wattasid dynasty
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Teutonic Order
- House of Bourbon
- Papal States
- Electorate of Saxony
- Swiss Confederation
- Duchy of Bavaria
- County of Savoy
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Qasim Khanate
- County of Foix
- Republic of Genoa
- Ryazan
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- County of Nevers
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Republic of Florence
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Principality of Guria
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Comtat Venaissin
- Portuguese Africa
- Republic of Ragusa
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1495
Kingdom of Sweden · Kingdom of Spain · Safavid Dynasty · Portuguese Africa
Gone from the map by 1545
Kalmar Union · Kingdom of Bohemia · Teutonic Order · County of Savoy · Ryazan · County of Nevers
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The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.