World map in AD 1572 — territory by country

Frame AD 1572 — world borders from AD 1572 to AD 1578. 110 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 4.41 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (110, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Spanish Empire	≈ 4.41 million km²
2	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.78 million km²
3	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.66 million km²
4	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 3.21 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	≈ 2.56 million km²
9	Golden Horde	≈ 1.97 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
11	Mughal Empire	≈ 1.39 million km²
12	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 1.12 million km²
13	Moghulistan	≈ 939 thousand km²
14	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 763 thousand km²
15	Spain	≈ 723 thousand km²
16	Sweden	≈ 678 thousand km²
17	Songhai Empire	≈ 666 thousand km²
18	Funj Sultanate	≈ 630 thousand km²
19	Denmark–Norway	≈ 616 thousand km²
20	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 524 thousand km²
21	Mongol khanate	≈ 499 thousand km²
22	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 430 thousand km²
23	Kingdom of France	≈ 393 thousand km²
24	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 384 thousand km²
25	Sur Empire	≈ 369 thousand km²
26	Portuguese Empire	≈ 363 thousand km²
27	Lan Xang	≈ 357 thousand km²
28	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 352 thousand km²
29	Nogai Horde	≈ 347 thousand km²
30	Sengoku period	≈ 324 thousand km²
31	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 298 thousand km²
32	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
33	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 247 thousand km²
34	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
35	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 231 thousand km²
36	Kingdom of England	≈ 218 thousand km²
37	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
38	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 201 thousand km²
39	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 171 thousand km²
40	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
41	Moghulistan	≈ 140 thousand km²
42	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
43	Mali Empire	≈ 127 thousand km²
44	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
45	Crimean Khanate	≈ 115 thousand km²
46	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 114 thousand km²
47	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 106 thousand km²
48	Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)	≈ 101 thousand km²
49	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 92 thousand km²
50	Nguyễn lords	≈ 90 thousand km²
51	Banten Sultanate	≈ 85 thousand km²
52	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
53	Berar Sultanate	≈ 79 thousand km²
54	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 77 thousand km²
55	Adal Sultanate	≈ 76 thousand km²
56	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
57	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
58	House of Bourbon	≈ 74 thousand km²
59	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 73 thousand km²
60	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
61	Mạc dynasty	≈ 68 thousand km²
62	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
63	Don Cossacks	≈ 64 thousand km²
64	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 60 thousand km²
65	Republic of Venice	≈ 51 thousand km²
66	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 50 thousand km²
67	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
68	Trịnh lords	≈ 46 thousand km²
69	Lontara script	≈ 46 thousand km²
70	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 44 thousand km²
71	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
72	Papal States	≈ 41 thousand km²
73	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
74	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
75	Portuguese Empire	≈ 38 thousand km²
76	House of Savoy	≈ 38 thousand km²
77	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
78	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
79	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
80	Portuguese Africa	≈ 31 thousand km²
81	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 28 thousand km²
82	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
83	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 26 thousand km²
84	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
85	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
86	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 22 thousand km²
87	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
88	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 18 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	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
94	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
95	Patani Kingdom	≈ 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	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 5,829 km²
102	Maynila (historical polity)	≈ 4,392 km²
103	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,300 km²
104	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
105	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
106	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
107	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
108	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
109	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
110	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²

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

New countries in this frame (7)

Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth · Trịnh lords · Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) · Nguyễn lords · Kingdom of Mysore · Lontara script · Patani Kingdom

Countries that disappeared in this frame (13)

Inca Empire · Jagiellonian dynasty · Vijayanagara Empire · Ayutthaya Kingdom · Ashikaga shogunate · Hafsid dynasty · Lê dynasty · Eastern Hungarian Kingdom · France Antarctique · Cebu (historical polity) · Tondo (historical polity) · Namayan · Principality of Orange

Directions of expansion (2)

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 Ayutthaya Kingdom, ≈ 345 thousand km²
Kazakh Khanate → former land of Nogai Horde, ≈ 156 thousand km²

The world in AD 1572

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

China (2)

AD 1572 — Muzong died at the Qianqing Palace at age 36. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷19 隆慶六年)
AD 1572 — Shenzong (Zhu Yijun) ascended the throne; the following year was named the first year of Wanli. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷20 隆慶六年)

Southeast Asia (1)

AD 1572 — Mạc Kinh Điển invaded Thanh Hóa and Nghệ An and discussed evacuating the Yenha troops and people. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十六「'''壬申，洪福元年（莫崇康七年」)

Sub-Saharan Africa (1)

AD 1577 — Qadi El-Akib repairs the mosque in the Timbuktu market (souk) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8438))

Eastern Europe & Russia (6)

AD 1572 — Swedish and Scottish mercenaries tried to storm Wesenberg and failed; Rus troops devastated the area around Reval and took Jerna at a cost of 7,000 lives. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 IV장)
AD 1577 — Devlet Girey died on 29 June 1577, and his son Mahmet sent a friendly letter to Ivan while invading Lithuania. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 V장)
AD 1577 — In 1577 a Swedish admiral came to Narva by ship, burned the wooden walls and killed or captured Rus people. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 V장)
AD 1577 — Ermak's band plundered merchant ships and a Persian embassy on the Oka, Volga, and Caspian; on October 1 the tsar sent Ivan Murashkin with orders to seize them and execute them wherever caught. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.5)
AD 1578 — Ermak's band went up the Volga and Kama rivers as far as Ermakovo Gorodishche above the Sylva, spent the winter there, and plundered the Bogulichi. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.5 (10–11))
AD 1578 — Ivan IV, hearing that Stroganov had given food and weapons to Ermak's band, sent him a letter of rebuke. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.7)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1572 — Nguyễn lords appears
◆ AD 1572 — Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth appears
◆ AD 1572 — Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711) appears
◆ AD 1572 — Trịnh lords appears
◆ AD 1572 — Ashikaga shogunate ends
◆ AD 1572 — Ayutthaya Kingdom ends
◆ AD 1572 — Eastern Hungarian Kingdom ends
◆ AD 1572 — Hafsid dynasty ends