World map in AD 1579 — territory by country

Frame AD 1579 — world borders from AD 1579 to AD 1581. 101 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 4.52 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (101, largest first)

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

New countries in this frame (1)

Union of Utrecht

Countries that disappeared in this frame (10)

Lan Xang · Kingdom of Kartli · Sunda Kingdom · Adal Sultanate · Berar Sultanate · Kingdom of Kakheti · Principality of Mingrelia · Kingdom of Imereti · Principality of Abkhazia · Principality of Guria

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 Lan Xang, ≈ 359 thousand km²
• Mughal Empire → former land of Sur Empire, ≈ 297 thousand km²

The world in AD 1579

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

West Asia (1)

• AD 1581 — Alderley's first journey to Jerusalem — Jerusalem passage (based on the sentence mentioning Jerusalem) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol09 l.6452 (표제 l.6451))

Sub-Saharan Africa (1)

• AD 1579 — Dawud, at Tendirma, appoints his son El-Hajj over Pari Mondjo and Muhammad ben Kan over Korminapari, entrusting them with the west (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8506))

Eastern Europe & Russia (24)

• AD 1579 — Ermak received food and weapons from Stroganov and on June 12 set out up the Chusovaya River toward the Tagil portage across the Urals (the source gives a force of 5000 men). (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.6–8)
• AD 1579 — On the bank of the Tagil River, at the Abugai stream, he conquered the Boguliche ulus, subjugated Tavda, and fought all winter in the Pelym domain. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.12–13)
• AD 1580 — On May 1 he came down the Tura River and, near the town of the first Tatar prince Epancha, fought a great battle in a bow-shaped bend and won. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.14)
• AD 1580 — On August 1 Ermak captured Tyumen (Chingitura), killed the tsar Chingi, and spent the winter there. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.15)
• AD 1580 — Ermak seized Kuchum's envoy Kutugai at Tarkhan, treated him handsomely, showed off his skill with the matchlock arquebus, and sent him back to frighten Kuchum. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.30–34)
• AD 1581 — Yermak caught up with the enemy near Abalak, defeated them, and gathered the dead and buried them with due honors. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 VI장)
• AD 1581 — In 1581 the Siberian Tatars and Ostyaks rebelled, killed the Rus scouting ataman Yakov Mikhailov, and joined Karacha. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 VI장)
• AD 1581 — Defeating the prince Begish and taking his castle, he conquered even Isim (the subject's name does not appear in the sentence). (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제9권 VI장)
• AD 1581 — On May 9 Ermak went down the Tura from Tyumen, fought six princes at its mouth, won with 1,060 men, and buried the spoils at the mouth. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.35–36)
• AD 1581 — On June 8 they went down the Tobol River and fought a great battle at Berezovy Yar; on June 29 at Karaulny Yar they broke through the chain barrier set up by Kuchum's men and won after three days of fighting. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.37–38)

More on the map (+14)

Changes of power ◆

• ◆ AD 1579 — Kingdom of Kartli ends
• ◆ AD 1579 — Lan Xang ends
• ◆ AD 1579 — Sunda Kingdom ends
• ◆ AD 1579 — First Toungoo Empire takes 358,500 km² of former Lan Xang land
• ◆ AD 1579 — Mughal Empire takes 297,400 km² of former Sur Empire land
• ◆ AD 1579 — Lan Xang loses 358,500 km² to First Toungoo Empire
• ◆ AD 1579 — Sur Empire loses 297,400 km² to Mughal Empire

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