World map in AD 1547 — territory by country

Frame AD 1547 — world borders from AD 1547 to AD 1551. 121 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 4.10 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (121, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Spanish Empire	≈ 4.10 million km²
2	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.74 million km²
3	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.26 million km²
4	Khanate of Sibir	≈ 2.82 million km²
5	Golden Horde	≈ 2.50 million km²
6	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 2.43 million km²
7	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.43 million km²
8	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.40 million km²
9	Tumed	≈ 2.08 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
11	Sur Empire	≈ 1.25 million km²
12	Moghulistan	≈ 939 thousand km²
13	Jagiellonian dynasty	≈ 751 thousand km²
14	Sweden	≈ 673 thousand km²
15	Spain	≈ 640 thousand km²
16	Funj Sultanate	≈ 630 thousand km²
17	Songhai Empire	≈ 629 thousand km²
18	Denmark–Norway	≈ 612 thousand km²
19	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 526 thousand km²
20	Mongol khanate	≈ 499 thousand km²
21	Kingdom of France	≈ 485 thousand km²
22	Nogai Horde	≈ 439 thousand km²
23	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 430 thousand km²
24	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 430 thousand km²
25	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 404 thousand km²
26	Wattasid dynasty	≈ 384 thousand km²
27	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
28	Shan States	≈ 357 thousand km²
29	Mali Empire	≈ 346 thousand km²
30	Vijayanagara Empire	≈ 338 thousand km²
31	Sengoku period	≈ 321 thousand km²
32	Mughal Empire	≈ 317 thousand km²
33	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 305 thousand km²
34	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
35	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 237 thousand km²
36	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
37	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 231 thousand km²
38	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 222 thousand km²
39	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
40	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 201 thousand km²
41	Kingdom of England	≈ 179 thousand km²
42	Portuguese Empire	≈ 174 thousand km²
43	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 173 thousand km²
44	Khanate of Kazan	≈ 173 thousand km²
45	Astrakhan Khanate	≈ 163 thousand km²
46	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 153 thousand km²
47	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
48	Eastern Hungarian Kingdom	≈ 144 thousand km²
49	Moghulistan	≈ 140 thousand km²
50	Crimean Khanate	≈ 137 thousand km²
51	Lê dynasty	≈ 135 thousand km²
52	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
53	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
54	Zayyanid dynasty	≈ 125 thousand km²
55	Livonian language	≈ 116 thousand km²
56	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 106 thousand km²
57	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 104 thousand km²
58	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 89 thousand km²
59	Adal Sultanate	≈ 87 thousand km²
60	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
61	Berar Sultanate	≈ 79 thousand km²
62	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 76 thousand km²
63	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
64	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
65	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
66	Mạc dynasty	≈ 68 thousand km²
67	Republic of Venice	≈ 64 thousand km²
68	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
69	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 52 thousand km²
70	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 50 thousand km²
71	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
72	Switzerland	≈ 46 thousand km²
73	Demak Sultanate	≈ 46 thousand km²
74	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 45 thousand km²
75	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 44 thousand km²
76	House of Bourbon	≈ 44 thousand km²
77	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 42 thousand km²
78	Papal States	≈ 41 thousand km²
79	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
80	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
81	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
82	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 35 thousand km²
83	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
84	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
85	County of Foix	≈ 30 thousand km²
86	Portuguese Africa	≈ 29 thousand km²
87	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
88	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 28 thousand km²
89	Qasim Khanate	≈ 25 thousand km²
90	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
91	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
92	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 20 thousand km²
93	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 17 thousand km²
94	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
95	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
96	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
97	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
98	Republic of Genoa	≈ 13 thousand km²
99	Republic of Florence	≈ 13 thousand km²
100	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
101	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
102	Banten Sultanate	≈ 9,894 km²
103	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 7,967 km²
104	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
105	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
106	Cebu (historical polity)	≈ 6,669 km²
107	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 6,066 km²
108	Inca Empire	≈ 4,864 km²
109	Tondo (historical polity)	≈ 4,840 km²
110	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,300 km²
111	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
112	Maynila (historical polity)	≈ 3,359 km²
113	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
114	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
115	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
116	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
117	Namayan	≈ 1,043 km²
118	Ashikaga shogunate	≈ 879 km²
119	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
120	County of Urgell	≈ 404 km²
121	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

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

New countries in this frame (5)

Tsardom of Russia · Golden Horde · Tumed · Adal Sultanate · Itza people

Countries that disappeared in this frame (6)

Grand Principality of Moscow · Adal Sultanate · Kingdom of Hungary · Maya civilization · Hanthawaddy kingdom · Prome kingdom

Directions of expansion (3)

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

Ethiopian Empire → former land of Adal Sultanate, ≈ 402 thousand km²
Sur Empire → former land of Mughal Empire, ≈ 345 thousand km²
Spanish Empire → former land of Maya civilization, ≈ 137 thousand km²

The world in AD 1547

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

China (2)

AD 1550 — Altan made a massive incursion and attacked Gubeikou, and the Jizhen troops collapsed (the Gengxu Incident). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷18 嘉靖二十九年)
AD 1550 — Altan plundered Tongzhou and camped at the Bai River, then pressed on the capital city and placed the capital under martial law (the source calls Beijing 'the capital city'). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷18 嘉靖二十九年)

Sub-Saharan Africa (6)

AD 1549 — Ishaq goes to Kukiya and falls ill (dies of that illness) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVI (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7699))
AD 1549 — Dawud is proclaimed king in Kukiya (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7811))
AD 1549 — Right after his accession, Dawud campaigns against Mossi (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7932))
AD 1550 — Dawud attacks Bagena's Taga (Tirmish, Koma), fights Fondoko Jajitoman, then brings the singers to Gao (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7935))
AD 1551 — Dawud returns to Tendirma; that year plague spreads in the Korjo region (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7945))
AD 1551 — A dispute breaks out between Dawud and the Riki sultan Kanta, ended by a peace the following year (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 7950))

Eastern Europe & Russia (4)

AD 1547 — In spring 1547 the citizens of Pskov complained to the new tsar about the abuses of the governor Turuntai-Pronsky. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 III장)
AD 1547 — The gunpowder tower exploded, part of the walls collapsed into the river, and on 20 April the whole street across the Yauza burned. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 III장)
AD 1548 — This time the young tsar himself came under the walls of Kazan, the rebel capital, before which only governors had been sent before. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 III장)
AD 1551 — Koshak and 45 of his kinsmen were captured and executed in Moscow, and the rest were wiped out on the bank of the Vyatka river. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 III장)

The Americas (8)

AD 1547 — In 1547, while Governor Núñez Vela was in distress, an epidemic spread in the Quimbaya region and many people died. (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XXIV (Gutenberg 48770 l.4955))
AD 1547 — The place where Diego Centeno and Gonzalo Pizarro fought: royalist captains and knights fell, and the rebels won. (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. CVI (Gutenberg 48770 l.12529))
AD 1547 — In the village of Lampa, a priest was asked by Indian chiefs for permission to hold the full-moon rites. (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. CXVII (Gutenberg 48770 l.13251))
AD 1548 — Governor Gasca, marching to punish Gonzalo Pizarro's rebellion, stayed long at Andahuaylas (the author accompanied). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XC (Gutenberg 48770 l.10897))
AD 1548 — At the mouth of the Jaquijahuana valley Gonzalo Pizarro was defeated, and by Gasca's order he and his captains were tried. (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XCI (Gutenberg 48770 l.10943))
AD 1549 — In 1549 the author was at Charcas and went to see the cities of that region. (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. XCV (Gutenberg 48770 l.11248))
AD 1549 — Alonso de Mendoza founded the city of La Paz (Nuestra Señora de La Paz) in the time of Governor Gasca (1549). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. CVI (Gutenberg 48770 l.12556))
AD 1549 — A chief near Anserma wanted to become Christian, and devils appeared visibly to try to stop him (title of chapter CXVIII). (Cieza de León, Chronicle of Peru ch. CXVIII (Gutenberg 48770 l.13389))

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1547 — Golden Horde appears
◆ AD 1547 — Tsardom of Russia appears
◆ AD 1547 — Tumed appears
◆ AD 1547 — Adal Sultanate ends
◆ AD 1547 — Grand Principality of Moscow ends
◆ AD 1547 — Kingdom of Hungary ends
◆ AD 1547 — Maya civilization ends
◆ AD 1547 — Ethiopian Empire takes 401,800 km² of former Adal Sultanate land