PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1470 – 1479

The world in the 1470s

From 1470 to 1479 the atlas holds 488 states standing at some time. 47 things began - Wattasid dynasty, Duchy of Holstein and Burgundian Wars among them - and 27 ended; 74 people were born and 59 died.

Its years

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

1470: 4 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14701471: 7 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14711472: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14721473: 2 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14731474: 7 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14741475: 7 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other14751476: 5 began — 5 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14761477: 3 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14771478: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14781479: 7 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 5 other1479

What began in the 1470s

By kind, the best known first.

States 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 30

and 22 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Treaties 6

What ended in the 1470s

States 12

and 4 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 15

and 7 more in the atlas.

Born and died

Born 74

and 58 more in the atlas.

Died 59

and 43 more in the atlas.

States of the 1470s

The states that stood at some time in the 1470s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1470.

Europe: 259 statesEurope259Middle East and North Africa: 55 statesMiddle East and North Africa55Sub-Saharan Africa: 19 statesSub-Saharan Africa19South Asia: 77 statesSouth Asia77East and Southeast Asia: 51 statesEast and Southeast Asia51Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 15 statesLocation unknown15

Europe259 states

and 251 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa55 states

and 47 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa19 states

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

South Asia77 states

and 69 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 unknown15 states

and 7 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1450 – 1499: every state, war and life of the 1470s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1475: 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.