PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1480 – 1489

The world in the 1480s

From 1480 to 1489 the atlas holds 481 states standing at some time. 31 things began - House of Tudor, Seventeen Provinces and Battle of Bosworth Field among them - and 23 ended; 81 people were born and 57 died.

Its years

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

1480: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14801481: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14811482: 5 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other14821483: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14831484: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14841485: 9 began — 4 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other14851486: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14861487: 6 began — 5 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14871488: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14881489: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other1489

What began in the 1480s

By kind, the best known first.

States 10

and 2 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 17

and 9 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 2

Treaties 2

What ended in the 1480s

States 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 7

Unrest and atrocity 2

Born and died

Born 81

and 65 more in the atlas.

Died 57

and 41 more in the atlas.

States of the 1480s

The states that stood at some time in the 1480s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1480.

Europe: 251 statesEurope251Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 21 statesSub-Saharan Africa21South Asia: 77 statesSouth Asia77East and Southeast Asia: 53 statesEast and Southeast Asia53Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 14 statesLocation unknown14

Europe251 states

and 243 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 46 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa21 states

and 13 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia77 states

and 69 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia53 states

and 45 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania11 states

and 3 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown14 states

and 6 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1460 – 1509: every state, war and life of the 1480s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1485: 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.