PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1220 – 1229

The world in the 1220s

From 1220 to 1229 the atlas holds 401 states standing at some time. 41 things began - Chagatai Khanate, Sixth Crusade and Battle of the Kalka River among them - and 16 ended; 46 people were born and 48 died, 1 of all these dated only to the decade.

Its years

The years of the decade with a page of their own: ten or more things dated to the year.

1220: 6 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other12201221: 6 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other12211222: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other12221223: 3 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other12231224: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other12241225: 4 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other12251226: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other12261227: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other12271228: 6 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other12281229: 5 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other1229

What began in the 1220s

By kind, the best known first.

States 18

and 10 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 21

and 13 more in the atlas.

Treaties 2

What ended in the 1220s

States 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 7

Born and died

Born 46

and 30 more in the atlas.

Died 48

and 32 more in the atlas.

States of the 1220s

The states that stood at some time in the 1220s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1220.

Europe: 214 statesEurope214Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 10 statesSub-Saharan Africa10South Asia: 48 statesSouth Asia48East and Southeast Asia: 39 statesEast and Southeast Asia39Americas and Oceania: 13 statesAmericas and Oceania13Location unknown: 17 statesLocation unknown17

Europe214 states

and 206 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 52 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa10 states

and 2 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia48 states

and 40 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia39 states

and 31 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania13 states

and 5 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown17 states

and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1200 – 1249: every state, war and life of the 1220s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1225: 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.