PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1400 – 1409

The world in the 1400s

From 1400 to 1409 the atlas holds 492 states standing at some time. 30 things began - Spanish Empire, Battle of Ankara and Malacca Sultanate among them - and 16 ended; 60 people were born and 54 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.

1400: 5 began — 1 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14001401: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14011402: 10 began — 7 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14021403: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14031404: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14041405: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14051406: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14061407: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14071408: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14081409: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other1409

What began in the 1400s

By kind, the best known first.

States 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 3

What ended in the 1400s

States 11

and 3 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 5

Born and died

Born 60

and 44 more in the atlas.

Died 54

and 38 more in the atlas.

States of the 1400s

The states that stood at some time in the 1400s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1400.

Europe: 271 statesEurope271Middle East and North Africa: 63 statesMiddle East and North Africa63Sub-Saharan Africa: 15 statesSub-Saharan Africa15South Asia: 64 statesSouth Asia64East and Southeast Asia: 48 statesEast and Southeast Asia48Americas and Oceania: 14 statesAmericas and Oceania14Location unknown: 17 statesLocation unknown17

Europe271 states

and 263 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa63 states

and 55 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa15 states

and 7 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia64 states

and 56 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia48 states

and 40 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania14 states

and 6 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, 1380 – 1429: every state, war and life of the 1400s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1405: 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.