World map in AD 1556 — territory by country

Frame AD 1556 — world borders from AD 1556 to AD 1563. 117 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 4.22 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (117, largest first)

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

New countries in this frame (2)

Saadi Sultanate · France Antarctique

Countries that disappeared in this frame (4)

Wattasid dynasty · Astrakhan Khanate · Zayyanid dynasty · County of Foix

Directions of expansion (2)

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

• Mughal Empire → former land of Sur Empire, ≈ 240 thousand km²
• Ottoman Empire → former land of Zayyanid dynasty, ≈ 125 thousand km²

The world in AD 1556

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

China (2)

• AD 1560 — Liu Han, Datong Commander-in-Chief, attacked and defeated Altan at Fengzhou. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷18 嘉靖三十九年)
• AD 1563 — Qi Jiguang defeated the Japanese pirates at Pinghai Garrison. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷18 嘉靖四十二年)

Central Asia (1)

• AD 1558 — Jenkinson's journey from Moscow to Bukhara — Bukhara passage (based on the sentence mentioning Bukhara) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol03 l.9137 (표제 l.8683))

South Asia (1)

• AD 1563 — Venetian merchant Cesare Federici's journey to the East Indies — Goa passage (based on the sentence mentioning Goa) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol09 l.8478 (표제 l.8220))

Southeast Asia (2)

• AD 1559 — Mạc Phục Nguyên abandoned Thăng Long citadel and moved his residence outside the south gate. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十六 「'''己未，二年（莫光寶六年，明」)
• AD 1563 — Venetian merchant Cesare Federici's journey to the East Indies — Malacca passage (based on the sentence mentioning Malacca) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol09 l.9349 (표제 l.8220))

Sub-Saharan Africa (3)

• AD 1558 — Dawud campaigns against Suma, a city in the land of Melle (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8008))
• AD 1561 — Dawud goes up toward Borno for a second Mossi campaign; the Mossi chief leads his army away and abandons the land (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8165))
• AD 1563 — Dawud sends Pari Bokar Alidudo to the land of Barka to fight the 'devilish' Bani (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8246))

Northern Europe (1)

• AD 1557 — Stephen Burrough's voyage from Kholmogory to Wardhouse — Wardhouse passage (based on the sentence mentioning Wardhouse) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol03 l.5902 (표제 l.5901))

Eastern Europe & Russia (10)

• AD 1556 — The tsar replied that he does not seek friendship, and announced the capture of Astrakhan. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 V장)
• AD 1556 — The governors and the Astrakhan prince entered Finland and occupied what the Swedes had left, Kiven. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 V장)
• AD 1557 — Stephen Burrough's voyage from Kholmogory to Wardhouse — departure from Kholmogory (based on the sentence mentioning the departure from Kholmogory) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol03 l.5901 (표제 l.5901))
• AD 1557 — The khan fought Sheremetev and lost many of his wagon troops and part of his army. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 V장)
• AD 1558 — Jenkinson's journey from Moscow to Bukhara — Astrakhan passage (based on the sentence mentioning Astrakhan) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol03 l.8715 (표제 l.8683))
• AD 1558 — The governors stayed three days before the fortress, then went to the Gulf of Finland, defeated the Germans near Bezenberg and burned suburbs such as Falkenau. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 V장)
• AD 1558 — News of a new German betrayal reached Moscow at nearly the same time as the unexpected, happy news that Narva had been taken by the Rus army. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 V장)
• AD 1560 — In 1560 the tsar sent 60,000 troops, 40 siege guns and 50 field guns to Dorpat (Tartu). (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 I장)
• AD 1560 — Kurbsky struck back at the Order master's camp at dawn, seized the baggage carts, and brought 170 prisoners to Dorpat (the city is inferred from context). (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제8권 V장)
• AD 1563 — The envoy of Sigismund came to Moscow on 5 December 1563 and demanded the return of Novgorod, Pskov and others. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 II장)

Changes of power ◆

• ◆ AD 1556 — Saadi Sultanate appears
• ◆ AD 1556 — Astrakhan Khanate ends
• ◆ AD 1556 — Wattasid dynasty ends
• ◆ AD 1556 — Zayyanid dynasty ends
• ◆ AD 1556 — Mughal Empire takes 240,200 km² of former Sur Empire land
• ◆ AD 1556 — Ottoman Empire takes 124,700 km² of former Zayyanid dynasty land
• ◆ AD 1556 — Sur Empire loses 240,200 km² to Mughal Empire
• ◆ AD 1556 — Zayyanid dynasty loses 124,700 km² to Ottoman Empire

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