PastlasHistorical atlas

Century · 1401 – 1500

The world in the 15th century

From 1401 to 1500 the atlas holds 624 states standing at some time, 147 of them founded in it - Inca Empire and Spanish Empire the best known - and 130 ending in it. 285 wars, risings, treaties, discoveries and other events began - Wars of the Roses, Fall of Constantinople and Battle of Grunwald the best known of the events; 689 people were born.

A century here is counted as Wikidata counts it, 1401 to 1500, and holds every row that began in it, however coarsely dated.

What began in the 15th century

By decade first - wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey - then by kind, the best known first.

1401: 21 began — 18 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14011411: 25 began — 19 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14111421: 29 began — 26 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14211431: 25 began — 16 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other14311441: 27 began — 22 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14411451: 27 began — 22 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other14511461: 34 began — 28 wars and battles, 3 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14611471: 36 began — 29 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 6 other14711481: 18 began — 14 wars and battles, 2 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14811491: 43 began — 27 wars and battles, 4 risings, regime changes and massacres, 12 other1491

Wars and battles 221

and 213 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Natural disasters 2

Treaties 35

and 27 more in the atlas.

Works and ideas 7

States founded and fallen

Founded 147

and 133 more in the atlas.

Ended 130

and 116 more in the atlas.

Born in the 15th century

The best known first, by how many Wikipedias write about them.

and 665 more in the atlas.

States of the 15th century

Every state that stood at some time in the 15th century, by region, the best known first.

Europe: 315 statesEurope315Middle East and North Africa: 82 statesMiddle East and North Africa82Sub-Saharan Africa: 26 statesSub-Saharan Africa26South Asia: 92 statesSouth Asia92East and Southeast Asia: 67 statesEast and Southeast Asia67Americas and Oceania: 16 statesAmericas and Oceania16Location unknown: 26 statesLocation unknown26

Europe315 states

and 303 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa82 states

and 70 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa26 states

and 14 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia92 states

and 80 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia67 states

and 55 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania16 states

and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown26 states

and 14 more; every state of Location unknown.

Its decades and years

The decades and years with a page of their own.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1400 – 1500: every state, war and life of the 15th century, region by region.
  • On the map in 1450: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.

Wikidata (CC0) · data built 2026-10-07 · Pastlas v2.13.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.