Europe in 1580
This map shows the 39 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1580
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tsardom of Russia
- Ottoman Empire
- Kingdom of Sweden
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Denmark-Norway
- Kingdom of Spain
- Kingdom of France
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Kingdom of England
- Principality of Transylvania
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Crimean Khanate
- Small Horde
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- House of Bourbon
- Principality of Wallachia
- Don Cossacks
- Republic of Venice
- Saadi Sultanate
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Swiss Confederation
- Duchy of Prussia
- Papal States
- Union of Utrecht
- House of Savoy
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Electorate of Saxony
- Safavid Dynasty
- Republic of Florence
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- Republic of Genoa
- Comtat Venaissin
- Portuguese Africa
- Republic of Ragusa
- Spanish Empire
- County of Urgell
New on the map since 1555
Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth · Principality of Transylvania · Small Horde · Saadi Sultanate · Union of Utrecht · House of Savoy
Gone from the map by 1605
Kingdom of Spain · Kingdom of Portugal · House of Bourbon · Union of Utrecht · Safavid Dynasty · Portuguese Africa
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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.