Europe in 1560
This map shows the 45 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1560
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tsardom of Russia
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Denmark-Norway
- House of Jagiellon
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Kingdom of England
- Crimean Khanate
- Livonian Conference
- Eastern Hungarian Kingdom
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- House of Bourbon
- Principality of Wallachia
- Don Cossacks
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Republic of Venice
- Saadi Sultanate
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Swiss Confederation
- Duchy of Prussia
- Papal States
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Electorate of Saxony
- Safavid Dynasty
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Republic of Florence
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Republic of Genoa
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Principality of Guria
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Comtat Venaissin
- Portuguese Africa
- Spanish Empire
- Republic of Ragusa
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1535
Tsardom of Russia · Don Cossacks · Saadi Sultanate
Gone from the map by 1585
House of Jagiellon · Kingdom of Spain · Livonian Conference · Eastern Hungarian Kingdom · Kingdom of Portugal · Hafsid Dynasty · Kingdom of Georgia · Principality of Mingrelia · Kingdom of Imereti · Principality of Abkhazia · Principality of Guria · Kingdom of Kakheti · Portuguese Africa · Principality of Orange
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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.