World map in AD 1564 — territory by country

Frame AD 1564 — world borders from AD 1564 to AD 1571. 116 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 4.23 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (116, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Spanish Empire	≈ 4.23 million km²
2	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.66 million km²
3	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.64 million km²
4	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 3.14 million km²
5	Khanate of Sibir	≈ 2.82 million km²
6	Tumed	≈ 2.62 million km²
7	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.58 million km²
8	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.40 million km²
9	Golden Horde	≈ 1.97 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
11	Mughal Empire	≈ 1.08 million km²
12	Moghulistan	≈ 939 thousand km²
13	Jagiellonian dynasty	≈ 776 thousand km²
14	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 759 thousand km²
15	Sweden	≈ 732 thousand km²
16	Spain	≈ 731 thousand km²
17	Songhai Empire	≈ 666 thousand km²
18	Funj Sultanate	≈ 630 thousand km²
19	Denmark–Norway	≈ 568 thousand km²
20	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 524 thousand km²
21	Nogai Horde	≈ 522 thousand km²
22	Mongol khanate	≈ 499 thousand km²
23	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 430 thousand km²
24	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 394 thousand km²
25	Kingdom of France	≈ 393 thousand km²
26	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 384 thousand km²
27	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
28	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 352 thousand km²
29	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 340 thousand km²
30	Vijayanagara Empire	≈ 338 thousand km²
31	Sur Empire	≈ 331 thousand km²
32	Sengoku period	≈ 323 thousand km²
33	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
34	Portuguese Empire	≈ 273 thousand km²
35	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
36	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 231 thousand km²
37	Kingdom of England	≈ 218 thousand km²
38	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
39	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 201 thousand km²
40	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 171 thousand km²
41	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 156 thousand km²
42	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
43	Moghulistan	≈ 140 thousand km²
44	Crimean Khanate	≈ 137 thousand km²
45	Lê dynasty	≈ 135 thousand km²
46	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
47	Mali Empire	≈ 127 thousand km²
48	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
49	Eastern Hungarian Kingdom	≈ 112 thousand km²
50	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 106 thousand km²
51	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 104 thousand km²
52	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 92 thousand km²
53	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 88 thousand km²
54	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
55	Berar Sultanate	≈ 79 thousand km²
56	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 77 thousand km²
57	Adal Sultanate	≈ 76 thousand km²
58	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
59	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
60	House of Bourbon	≈ 74 thousand km²
61	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 73 thousand km²
62	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
63	Mạc dynasty	≈ 68 thousand km²
64	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
65	Don Cossacks	≈ 64 thousand km²
66	Banten Sultanate	≈ 63 thousand km²
67	Republic of Venice	≈ 63 thousand km²
68	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 50 thousand km²
69	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
70	Switzerland	≈ 46 thousand km²
71	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 45 thousand km²
72	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 44 thousand km²
73	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 42 thousand km²
74	Papal States	≈ 41 thousand km²
75	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
76	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
77	Portuguese Empire	≈ 38 thousand km²
78	House of Savoy	≈ 35 thousand km²
79	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
80	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
81	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
82	Portuguese Africa	≈ 31 thousand km²
83	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 28 thousand km²
84	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
85	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 26 thousand km²
86	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
87	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
88	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
89	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 17 thousand km²
90	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
91	Republic of Genoa	≈ 16 thousand km²
92	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
93	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
94	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
95	France Antarctique	≈ 12 thousand km²
96	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
97	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
98	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 7,967 km²
99	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
100	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
101	Cebu (historical polity)	≈ 6,669 km²
102	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 6,066 km²
103	Inca Empire	≈ 4,864 km²
104	Tondo (historical polity)	≈ 4,840 km²
105	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,659 km²
106	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
107	Maynila (historical polity)	≈ 3,359 km²
108	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
109	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
110	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
111	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
112	Ashikaga shogunate	≈ 1,055 km²
113	Namayan	≈ 1,043 km²
114	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
115	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²
116	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

Nogai Horde · Portuguese Empire · House of Savoy

Countries that disappeared in this frame (4)

Nogai Horde · Shan States · Livonian language · Lanna Kingdom

Directions of expansion (1)

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

First Toungoo Empire → former land of Shan States, ≈ 275 thousand km²

The world in AD 1564

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

China (5)

AD 1564 — Qi Jiguang routed the Japanese pirates at Xianyou, pacifying the Japanese bandits of Fujian. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷18 嘉靖四十三年)
AD 1565 — Yan Shifan was executed. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷18 嘉靖四十四年)
AD 1566 — Shizong returned from the Western Park to the Qianqing Palace and died at age 60. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷18 嘉靖四十五年)
AD 1566 — Muzong (Zhu Zaiji) ascended the throne; the following year was named the first year of Longqing. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷19 嘉靖四十五年)
AD 1570 — Altan handed over nine rebels including Zhao Quan and Bahanaji returned home (the Longqing Peace); Zhao Quan and others were crucified in the capital. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷19 隆慶四年)

Southeast Asia (2)

AD 1565 — Grand Master Zheng Jian reached Trường An and defeated Gia Viễn, An Mô and An Khang. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十六「'''乙丑，八年（莫淳福四年，明」)
AD 1570 — The Mạc, aiming to annex Ai and Hoan, attacked day and night outside An Zhanglou. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十六「'''庚午，十三年（莫崇康五年，」)

West Asia (3)

AD 1565 — Johnson and Kitchin's third voyage to Persia — Qazvin passage (based on the sentence mentioning Qazvin) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol03 l.11366 (표제 l.11197))
AD 1568 — Edwards's fourth voyage to Persia — Qazvin passage (based on the sentence mentioning Qazvin) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol04 l.1930 (표제 l.1432))
AD 1571 — Siege and capture of Famagusta — Famagusta passage (based on the sentence mentioning Famagusta) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol05 l.8548 (표제 l.8548))

Sub-Saharan Africa (2)

AD 1564 — The army that went to Barka returns to Gao (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8272))
AD 1570 — Dawud's campaign to Suro (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8361))

Eastern Europe & Russia (6)

AD 1565 — Johnson and Kitchin's third voyage to Persia — Astrakhan passage (based on the sentence mentioning Astrakhan) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol03 l.11266 (표제 l.11197))
AD 1568 — Randolph's embassy to the Russian Tsar — Moscow passage (based on the sentence mentioning Moscow) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol04 l.457 (표제 l.368))
AD 1568 — Edwards's fourth voyage to Persia — Astrakhan passage (based on the sentence mentioning Astrakhan) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol04 l.1887 (표제 l.1432))
AD 1569 — In spring 1569 Selim sent 15,000 spahis and 2,000 janissaries to Kafa; Pasha Kasim went to the point of the Don-Volga canal. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 II장)
AD 1569 — Fearing the khan's renewed attack, they abolished the suburbs of Moscow, moved merchants and citizens inside the walls, and forbade tall buildings. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 III장)
AD 1571 — Moscow, burned by the khan in 1571, remained in ruins until Ivan's death. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 VII장)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1564 — Nogai Horde appears
◆ AD 1564 — Livonian language ends
◆ AD 1564 — Nogai Horde ends
◆ AD 1564 — Shan States ends
◆ AD 1564 — First Toungoo Empire takes 275,100 km² of former Shan States land
◆ AD 1564 — Shan States loses 275,100 km² to First Toungoo Empire

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