World map in AD 1534 — territory by country

Frame AD 1534 — world borders from AD 1534 to AD 1539. 125 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol khanate (≈ 5.08 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (125, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Mongol khanate	≈ 5.08 million km²
2	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.74 million km²
3	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.18 million km²
4	Khanate of Sibir	≈ 2.82 million km²
5	Grand Principality of Moscow	≈ 2.43 million km²
6	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.40 million km²
7	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.38 million km²
8	Inca Empire	≈ 2.08 million km²
9	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
10	Spanish Empire	≈ 1.47 million km²
11	Mughal Empire	≈ 956 thousand km²
12	Moghulistan	≈ 939 thousand km²
13	Jagiellonian dynasty	≈ 751 thousand km²
14	Sweden	≈ 673 thousand km²
15	Funj Sultanate	≈ 630 thousand km²
16	Songhai Empire	≈ 629 thousand km²
17	Spain	≈ 618 thousand km²
18	Denmark–Norway	≈ 612 thousand km²
19	Adal Sultanate	≈ 488 thousand km²
20	Nogai Horde	≈ 439 thousand km²
21	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 404 thousand km²
22	Shan States	≈ 388 thousand km²
23	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 385 thousand km²
24	Kingdom of France	≈ 384 thousand km²
25	Wattasid dynasty	≈ 380 thousand km²
26	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
27	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 348 thousand km²
28	Mali Empire	≈ 346 thousand km²
29	Vijayanagara Empire	≈ 342 thousand km²
30	Sengoku period	≈ 322 thousand km²
31	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 316 thousand km²
32	Khmer Empire	≈ 287 thousand km²
33	Hussain Shahi dynasty	≈ 261 thousand km²
34	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 241 thousand km²
35	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
36	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 231 thousand km²
37	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 221 thousand km²
38	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
39	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 201 thousand km²
40	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 173 thousand km²
41	Khanate of Kazan	≈ 173 thousand km²
42	Maya civilization	≈ 170 thousand km²
43	Kingdom of England	≈ 166 thousand km²
44	Astrakhan Khanate	≈ 163 thousand km²
45	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
46	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 151 thousand km²
47	Moghulistan	≈ 140 thousand km²
48	Crimean Khanate	≈ 137 thousand km²
49	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
50	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 126 thousand km²
51	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
52	Zayyanid dynasty	≈ 125 thousand km²
53	Livonian language	≈ 116 thousand km²
54	Portuguese Empire	≈ 116 thousand km²
55	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 106 thousand km²
56	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 104 thousand km²
57	Lê dynasty	≈ 104 thousand km²
58	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 102 thousand km²
59	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 89 thousand km²
60	Mạc dynasty	≈ 87 thousand km²
61	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
62	Berar Sultanate	≈ 79 thousand km²
63	Hanthawaddy kingdom	≈ 78 thousand km²
64	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 76 thousand km²
65	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
66	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 74 thousand km²
67	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
68	Republic of Venice	≈ 64 thousand km²
69	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 59 thousand km²
70	Eastern Hungarian Kingdom	≈ 57 thousand km²
71	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
72	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 50 thousand km²
73	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
74	Shirvan	≈ 48 thousand km²
75	Demak Sultanate	≈ 46 thousand km²
76	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 44 thousand km²
77	House of Bourbon	≈ 44 thousand km²
78	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 42 thousand km²
79	Papal States	≈ 41 thousand km²
80	Switzerland	≈ 40 thousand km²
81	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
82	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
83	County of Savoy	≈ 36 thousand km²
84	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
85	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 34 thousand km²
86	Portuguese Africa	≈ 33 thousand km²
87	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
88	County of Foix	≈ 31 thousand km²
89	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 29 thousand km²
90	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
91	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 28 thousand km²
92	Qasim Khanate	≈ 25 thousand km²
93	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
94	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
95	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 20 thousand km²
96	Prome kingdom	≈ 19 thousand km²
97	Duchy of Milan	≈ 18 thousand km²
98	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 17 thousand km²
99	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
100	Republic of Genoa	≈ 17 thousand km²
101	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
102	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
103	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
104	Republic of Florence	≈ 12 thousand km²
105	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
106	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
107	Banten Sultanate	≈ 9,894 km²
108	Champa	≈ 8,027 km²
109	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 7,967 km²
110	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
111	Cebu (historical polity)	≈ 6,669 km²
112	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 6,066 km²
113	Tondo (historical polity)	≈ 4,840 km²
114	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,659 km²
115	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
116	Maynila (historical polity)	≈ 3,359 km²
117	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
118	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
119	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
120	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
121	Namayan	≈ 1,043 km²
122	Ashikaga shogunate	≈ 979 km²
123	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
124	County of Urgell	≈ 404 km²
125	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

New countries in this frame (3)

Hussain Shahi dynasty · Lê dynasty · Thanjavur Nayak kingdom

Countries that disappeared in this frame (2)

Bengal Sultanate · Michoacán

Directions of expansion (2)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

Ottoman Empire → former land of Safavid dynasty, ≈ 387 thousand km²
Adal Sultanate → former land of Ethiopian Empire, ≈ 256 thousand km²

The world in AD 1534

35 events from the sources that fall in this frame, grouped by region.

Southeast Asia (1)

AD 1538 — Qiu Luan and Mao Bowen were sent to attack Mạc Đăng Dung of Annam. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷17 嘉靖十七年)

Sub-Saharan Africa (5)

AD 1537 — The deposition takes place on his accession anniversary (this chapter is on Askia Muhammad ben Kan; the name of the deposed man does not appear in this sentence) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XIV (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7228))
AD 1537 — Ismail brings his father, held under house arrest at Kankaka, back to Gao (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XV (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7449))
AD 1538 — Askia El-Hajj Muhammad (the first Askia) dies (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XV (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7451))
AD 1539 — Ismail sends Songhai troops on a campaign, then dies (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XV (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7486))
AD 1539 — After elder brother Ismail's death, younger brother Ishaq is proclaimed king (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7497))

Southern Europe (2)

AD 1534 — Voyage of the Holy Cross and the Matthew Gonson to Candia and Chios — Candia passage (based on the sentence mentioning Candia) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol05 l.6724 (표제 l.6701))
AD 1534 — Voyage of the Holy Cross and the Matthew Gonson to Candia and Chios — Chios passage (based on the sentence mentioning Chios) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol05 l.6724 (표제 l.6701))

Western Europe (2)

AD 1536 — Hore's voyage to Newfoundland — departure port Gravesend (based on the sentence mentioning the departure port Gravesend) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol12 l.11032 (표제 l.11005))
AD 1536 — Hore's voyage to Newfoundland — Newfoundland passage (based on the sentence mentioning Newfoundland) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol12 l.11153 (표제 l.11005))

Eastern Europe & Russia (2)

AD 1536 — The governor of Nizhny met the Tatars at Lyskovo, but, unwilling to fight each other, they dispersed in the night. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 I장)
AD 1537 — The plunderers defeated the governors Saburov and Zasekin-Pestry, and Zasekin fell in battle. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 I장)

The Americas (23)

AD 1534 — Belalcázar founded the city of San Francisco de Quito (1534). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XL (Gutenberg 48770 l.6610))
AD 1534 — Alvarado, governor of Guatemala, landed with a fleet and advanced toward Quito along hard forest paths, suffering hunger and other hardships. (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XLII (Gutenberg 48770 l.6880))
AD 1534 — When Alvarado came near Almagro's camp, just before clashes a mediated agreement was reached: he would leave the fleet and troops and receive 100,000 castellanos. (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XLII (Gutenberg 48770 l.6915))
AD 1534 — On the cold plain of Teocasas, natives fought Belalcázar (the Battle of Teocasas). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XLIII (Gutenberg 48770 l.6982))
AD 1534 — Pizarro refounded and resettled Cuzco as a Spanish city (October 1534). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XCII (Gutenberg 48770 l.11042))
AD 1535 — On Almagro's orders, Pacheco set out from the village of Picuasa and founded the city of Puerto Viejo (12 March 1535). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. LI (Gutenberg 48770 l.7723))
AD 1535 — Pizarro founded the city of Trujillo in the Chimu valley (1535). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. LXIX (Gutenberg 48770 l.9183))
AD 1535 — Pizarro founded the City of Kings (Lima) (1535). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. LXXI (Gutenberg 48770 l.9353))
AD 1536 — About 29 to 30 Spanish horsemen under Cesar fought for a long time, and the Indians fled. (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XI (Gutenberg 48770 l.3799))
AD 1536 — Belalcázar founded the city of Popayán (1536). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XXX (Gutenberg 48770 l.5603))

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1534 — Hussain Shahi dynasty appears
◆ AD 1534 — Lê dynasty appears
◆ AD 1534 — Bengal Sultanate ends
◆ AD 1534 — Ottoman Empire takes 387,400 km² of former Safavid dynasty land
◆ AD 1534 — Adal Sultanate takes 256,100 km² of former Ethiopian Empire land
◆ AD 1534 — Safavid dynasty loses 387,400 km² to Ottoman Empire
◆ AD 1534 — Ethiopian Empire loses 256,100 km² to Adal Sultanate

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