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Europe in 1600

This map shows the 33 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.

Map of Europe in 1600 with 33 states and peoples
Borders: Cliopatria, Seshat Global History Databank (CC BY 4.0). Coarse outlines: check and adjust them for your story.

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States and peoples in Europe in 1600

Largest first, by area on this map.

  • Tsardom of Russia
  • Ottoman Empire
  • Kingdom of Sweden
  • Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
  • Denmark-Norway
  • Iberian Union
  • Kingdom of France
  • Habsburg Monarchy
  • Holy Roman Empire Minor States
  • Principality of Moldavia
  • Kingdom of England
  • Kingdom of Scotland
  • Small Horde
  • Don Cossacks
  • Crimean Khanate
  • Republic of Venice
  • Saadi Sultanate
  • Electorate of Brandenburg
  • Swiss Confederation
  • House of Savoy
  • Duchy of Prussia
  • Papal States
  • Duchy of Bavaria
  • Dutch Republic
  • Electorate of Saxony
  • Republic of Florence
  • Duchy of Lorraine
  • Electorate of Trier
  • Republic of Genoa
  • Spanish Empire
  • Comtat Venaissin
  • Republic of Ragusa
  • County of Urgell

New on the map since 1575

Iberian Union · Dutch Republic

Gone from the map by 1625

Kingdom of Sweden · Kingdom of Scotland · Electorate of Brandenburg · Duchy of Prussia · Electorate of Trier

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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.