PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1460 – 1469

The world in the 1460s

From 1460 to 1469 the atlas holds 492 states standing at some time. 53 things began - Songhai Empire, East Turkestan and Santiago among them - and 20 ended; 66 people were born and 74 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.

1460: 7 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14601461: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14611462: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14621463: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other14631464: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14641465: 6 began — 1 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other14651466: 5 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other14661467: 5 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14671468: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14681469: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1469

What began in the 1460s

By kind, the best known first.

States 16

and 8 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 29

and 21 more in the atlas.

Regime change 2

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 4

Works and ideas 1

What ended in the 1460s

States 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 8

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

Born 66

and 50 more in the atlas.

Died 74

and 58 more in the atlas.

States of the 1460s

The states that stood at some time in the 1460s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1460.

Europe: 260 statesEurope260Middle East and North Africa: 58 statesMiddle East and North Africa58Sub-Saharan Africa: 19 statesSub-Saharan Africa19South Asia: 76 statesSouth Asia76East and Southeast Asia: 51 statesEast and Southeast Asia51Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe260 states

and 252 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa58 states

and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa19 states

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

South Asia76 states

and 68 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia51 states

and 43 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, 1440 – 1489: every state, war and life of the 1460s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1465: 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.