PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1420 – 1429

The world in the 1420s

From 1420 to 1429 the atlas holds 480 states standing at some time. 41 things began - Livonian language, Circassia and Ryukyu Kingdom among them - and 18 ended; 51 people were born and 47 died, 5 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.

1420: 5 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14201421: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14211422: 7 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14221423: 4 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14231424: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14241425: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14251426: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14261427: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14271428: 5 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14281429: 9 began — 6 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other1429

What began in the 1420s

By kind, the best known first.

States 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 27

and 19 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Natural disasters 1

Treaties 3

What ended in the 1420s

States 12

and 4 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 5

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

Born 51

and 35 more in the atlas.

Died 47

and 31 more in the atlas.

States of the 1420s

The states that stood at some time in the 1420s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1420.

Europe: 262 statesEurope262Middle East and North Africa: 62 statesMiddle East and North Africa62Sub-Saharan Africa: 16 statesSub-Saharan Africa16South Asia: 66 statesSouth Asia66East and Southeast Asia: 45 statesEast and Southeast Asia45Americas and Oceania: 14 statesAmericas and Oceania14Location unknown: 15 statesLocation unknown15

Europe262 states

and 254 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa62 states

and 54 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa16 states

and 8 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia66 states

and 58 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia45 states

and 37 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania14 states

and 6 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown15 states

and 7 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1400 – 1449: every state, war and life of the 1420s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1425: 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.