PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1450 – 1459

The world in the 1450s

From 1450 to 1459 the atlas holds 489 states standing at some time. 40 things began - Wars of the Roses, Fall of Constantinople and Haudenosaunee among them - and 21 ended; 68 people were born and 56 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.

1450: 11 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 8 other14501451: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14511452: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14521453: 5 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14531454: 6 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14541455: 3 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14551456: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14561457: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14571458: 3 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14581459: 3 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other1459

What began in the 1450s

By kind, the best known first.

States 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 19

and 11 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 2

What ended in the 1450s

States 13

and 5 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 7

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

Born 68

and 52 more in the atlas.

Died 56

and 40 more in the atlas.

States of the 1450s

The states that stood at some time in the 1450s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1450.

Europe: 266 statesEurope266Middle East and North Africa: 57 statesMiddle East and North Africa57Sub-Saharan Africa: 19 statesSub-Saharan Africa19South Asia: 72 statesSouth Asia72East and Southeast Asia: 47 statesEast and Southeast Asia47Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe266 states

and 258 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa57 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa19 states

and 11 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia72 states

and 64 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia47 states

and 39 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania12 states

and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown16 states

and 8 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1430 – 1479: every state, war and life of the 1450s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1455: 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.