World map in AD 1582 — territory by country

Frame AD 1582 — world borders from AD 1582 to AD 1587. 99 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Spanish Empire (≈ 5.70 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (99, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Spanish Empire	≈ 5.70 million km²
2	Golden Horde	≈ 3.88 million km²
3	Ottoman Empire	≈ 3.87 million km²
4	Ming dynasty	≈ 3.66 million km²
5	Tsardom of Russia	≈ 3.63 million km²
6	Safavid dynasty	≈ 2.58 million km²
7	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 2.56 million km²
8	Khanate of Sibir	≈ 2.41 million km²
9	Mughal Empire	≈ 1.96 million km²
10	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
11	First Toungoo Empire	≈ 1.48 million km²
12	Moghulistan	≈ 938 thousand km²
13	Iberian Union	≈ 801 thousand km²
14	Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth	≈ 777 thousand km²
15	Sweden	≈ 678 thousand km²
16	Songhai Empire	≈ 666 thousand km²
17	Funj Sultanate	≈ 630 thousand km²
18	Denmark–Norway	≈ 616 thousand km²
19	Saadi Sultanate	≈ 578 thousand km²
20	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 524 thousand km²
21	Mongol khanate	≈ 499 thousand km²
22	Khanate of Bukhara	≈ 430 thousand km²
23	Tumed	≈ 414 thousand km²
24	Kingdom of France	≈ 394 thousand km²
25	Habsburg monarchy	≈ 352 thousand km²
26	Nogai Horde	≈ 347 thousand km²
27	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 339 thousand km²
28	Sengoku period	≈ 325 thousand km²
29	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 297 thousand km²
30	Khoshut Khanate	≈ 291 thousand km²
31	Khmer Empire	≈ 274 thousand km²
32	Bijapur Sultanate	≈ 247 thousand km²
33	Kingdom of England	≈ 240 thousand km²
34	Joseon	≈ 235 thousand km²
35	Johor Sultanate	≈ 208 thousand km²
36	Ahmadnagar Sultanate	≈ 153 thousand km²
37	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
38	Moghulistan	≈ 140 thousand km²
39	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
40	Mali Empire	≈ 127 thousand km²
41	Khanate of Khiva	≈ 125 thousand km²
42	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 117 thousand km²
43	Golconda Sultanate	≈ 114 thousand km²
44	Sultanate of Maguindanao	≈ 106 thousand km²
45	Principality of Transylvania (1570–1711)	≈ 101 thousand km²
46	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 92 thousand km²
47	Nguyễn lords	≈ 90 thousand km²
48	Crimean Khanate	≈ 86 thousand km²
49	Banten Sultanate	≈ 85 thousand km²
50	Moldavia	≈ 82 thousand km²
51	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 77 thousand km²
52	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 75 thousand km²
53	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
54	House of Bourbon	≈ 74 thousand km²
55	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
56	Mạc dynasty	≈ 68 thousand km²
57	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 66 thousand km²
58	Don Cossacks	≈ 64 thousand km²
59	Aceh Sultanate	≈ 60 thousand km²
60	Republic of Venice	≈ 50 thousand km²
61	Portuguese Ceylon	≈ 50 thousand km²
62	Madurai Nayak dynasty	≈ 48 thousand km²
63	Trịnh lords	≈ 46 thousand km²
64	Lontara script	≈ 45 thousand km²
65	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 44 thousand km²
66	Switzerland	≈ 44 thousand km²
67	Papal States	≈ 41 thousand km²
68	Sultanate of Banjar	≈ 39 thousand km²
69	Sur Empire	≈ 39 thousand km²
70	Duchy of Prussia	≈ 39 thousand km²
71	House of Savoy	≈ 38 thousand km²
72	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 35 thousand km²
73	Itza people	≈ 33 thousand km²
74	Bidar Sultanate	≈ 32 thousand km²
75	Dutch Republic	≈ 32 thousand km²
76	Sultanate of Cirebon	≈ 31 thousand km²
77	Blambangan Kingdom	≈ 28 thousand km²
78	Electorate of Saxony	≈ 26 thousand km²
79	Sultan of Perak	≈ 24 thousand km²
80	Republic of Florence	≈ 20 thousand km²
81	Kingdom of Mysore	≈ 18 thousand km²
82	Duchy of Lorraine	≈ 17 thousand km²
83	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
84	Republic of Genoa	≈ 16 thousand km²
85	Thanjavur Nayak kingdom	≈ 15 thousand km²
86	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
87	Patani Kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
88	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
89	Champa	≈ 7,917 km²
90	Bali Kingdom	≈ 7,719 km²
91	Maynila (historical polity)	≈ 4,392 km²
92	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 3,844 km²
93	Sultanate of Gowa	≈ 2,613 km²
94	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,319 km²
95	Sultan	≈ 2,155 km²
96	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
97	Portuguese Empire	≈ 1,217 km²
98	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
99	County of Urgell	≈ 309 km²

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

New countries in this frame (3)

Iberian Union · Dutch Republic · Khoshut Khanate

Countries that disappeared in this frame (5)

Portuguese Empire · Kingdom of Portugal · Spain · Union of Utrecht · Portuguese Africa

Directions of expansion (3)

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

Golden Horde → former land of Tumed, ≈ 1.92 million km²
Tsardom of Russia → former land of Khanate of Sibir, ≈ 411 thousand km²
Spanish Empire → former land of Portuguese Empire, ≈ 367 thousand km²

The world in AD 1582

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

China (1)

AD 1583 — Qing Taizu (Nurhaci) rose in arms, attacked Nikan Wailan and took Tulun city (the source writes it as 'Our Great Qing Taizu'). (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷20 萬曆十一年)

South Asia (2)

AD 1583 — Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Goa passage (based on the sentence mentioning Goa) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.857 (표제 l.736))
AD 1583 — Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Agra passage (based on the sentence mentioning Agra) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.876 (표제 l.736))

Southeast Asia (4)

AD 1583 — Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Pegu passage (based on the sentence mentioning Pegu) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.968 (표제 l.736))
AD 1583 — Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Malacca passage (based on the sentence mentioning Malacca) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.1263 (표제 l.736))
AD 1585 — The Mạc repaired the walls in order to re-enter Thăng Long citadel. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十七「'''乙酉，八年（莫延成八年，明」)
AD 1587 — Military governor Trịnh Tùng attacked and broke the prefectures of Trường An, Thiên Quan and others. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十七「'''丁亥，十年（莫端泰二年，明」)

West Asia (6)

AD 1583 — Voyage of the Susan of London to Constantinople — Constantinople passage (based on the sentence mentioning Constantinople) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol05 l.11462 (표제 l.11462))
AD 1583 — Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — departure from Tripoli (based on the sentence mentioning the departure from Tripoli) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.753 (표제 l.736))
AD 1583 — Ralph Fitch's journey to the East (1583–91) — Aleppo passage (based on the sentence mentioning Aleppo) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.754 (표제 l.736))
AD 1583 — John Eldred's journey to Tripoli, Babylon and Basra — Tripoli passage (based on the sentence mentioning Tripoli) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.2160 (표제 l.2155))
AD 1583 — John Eldred's journey to Tripoli, Babylon and Basra — Baghdad (Babylon) passage (based on the sentence mentioning Baghdad (Babylon)) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.2254 (표제 l.2155))
AD 1583 — John Eldred's journey to Tripoli, Babylon and Basra — Basra passage (based on the sentence mentioning Basra) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol10 l.2311 (표제 l.2155))

Sub-Saharan Africa (5)

AD 1582 — A terrible plague strikes Timbuktu; many people die (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8569))
AD 1583 — Qadi El-Akib dies (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8856))
AD 1584 — El-Hajj of Korminapari leaves Tendirma and goes to Gao to start a rebellion (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8898))
AD 1584 — El-Hajj arrives at Gao wearing a breastplate, with trumpets and drums at the front (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8931))
AD 1585 — Abu Hafs Umar takes the post of qadi and begins serving for nine years (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XVII-XVIII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 8891))

Eastern Europe & Russia (34)

AD 1582 — On March 5 the fifty-man leader Bryazga went down the Irtysh with 50 men, took the fortress of Aremzyan, collected yasak and received oaths of loyalty. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.73)
AD 1582 — They attacked the great fortress at the mouth of the Demyanka for three days but could not break in; through captured Chuvash intelligence and the threat of attack, the inhabitants fled and yasak was received. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.74–75)
AD 1582 — When the spring waters rose they changed to light boats and went down; at the altar of Rachev Gorodishche the shamans fled into the forest, and an ambush was beaten off with gunfire. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.76–77)
AD 1582 — On May 20, near the confluence of the Ob and the Irtysh, they attacked Prince Samar's camp on a Sunday, killed him, and set up his heir Alachei. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.78)
AD 1582 — At Belogorye the people near the shrine had fled and the place was empty; after three days they turned back and on May 29 returned to Sibir with yasak. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.79–80)
AD 1582 — Yermak chased the fleeing Mametkul and beat him at Shanshinsky; the first Cossack dead were buried in the old royal burial ground at South Khan Cape. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.81)
AD 1582 — On December 6 the lords Ishberdei and Suklem of the Yaskalva marshes came with gifts and yasak and submitted; Ishberdei then served faithfully as a guide. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.82)
AD 1582 — On December 22 Ivan Kolcho went with his men and the yasak to Moscow by the Wolf Road; Ivan IV rejoiced at the news of the conquest of Siberia and sent Yermak two suits of armor and fur coats. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.84–85)
AD 1583 — Jerome Bowes's embassy to Russia — Moscow passage (based on the sentence mentioning Moscow) (Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations vol04 l.7365 (표제 l.7318))
AD 1583 — On March 1 the tsar's envoy delivered two suits of armor, a fur coat and a letter of praise to Yermak and five atamans. (Remezov Siberian Chronicle 레메조프본 ст.86)

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1582 — Dutch Republic appears
◆ AD 1582 — Iberian Union appears
◆ AD 1582 — Khoshut Khanate appears
◆ AD 1582 — Golden Horde takes 1,915,400 km² of former Tumed land
◆ AD 1582 — Tsardom of Russia takes 411,400 km² of former Khanate of Sibir land
◆ AD 1582 — Spanish Empire takes 367,200 km² of former Portuguese Empire land
◆ AD 1582 — Tumed loses 1,915,400 km² to Golden Horde
◆ AD 1582 — Khanate of Sibir loses 411,400 km² to Tsardom of Russia