Europe in 1660
This map shows the 42 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1660
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Tsardom of Russia
- Ottoman Empire
- Swedish Empire
- Denmark-Norway
- Kingdom of Spain
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Kingdom of France
- Commonwealth of England
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Brandenburg-Prussia
- Principality of Transylvania
- Kalmyk Khanate
- Small Horde
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Wallachia
- Crimean Khanate
- Saadi Sultanate
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Republic of Venice
- Swiss Confederation
- Papal States
- House of Savoy
- Electorate of Saxony
- Dutch Republic
- Safavid Dynasty
- Republic of Florence
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Kingdom of Kartli
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Republic of Genoa
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Principality of Guria
- Comtat Venaissin
- Republic of Ragusa
- Spanish Empire
- Portuguese Empire
- Principality of Monaco
- County of Urgell
New on the map since 1635
Kingdom of Spain · Commonwealth of England · Astrakhan Khanate · Kingdom of Portugal · Electorate of Saxony · Portuguese Empire · Principality of Monaco
Gone from the map by 1685
Commonwealth of England · Saadi Sultanate · Duchy of Lorraine · Portuguese Empire
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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.