PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 1490 – 1499

The world in the 1490s

From 1490 to 1499 the atlas holds 480 states standing at some time. 51 things began - Americas, Saint Martin and Semicolon among them - and 18 ended; 76 people were born and 49 died, 4 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.

1490: 7 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 7 other14901491: 3 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14911492: 3 began — 0 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14921493: 7 began — 2 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other14931494: 8 began — 4 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 4 other14941495: 4 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14951496: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other14961497: 5 began — 3 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other14971498: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other14981499: 12 began — 8 wars and battles, 1 risings, regime changes and massacres, 3 other1499

What began in the 1490s

By kind, the best known first.

States 14

and 6 more in the atlas.

Wars and battles 21

and 13 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 4

Treaties 7

Works and ideas 5

What ended in the 1490s

States 8

Wars and battles 9

and 1 more in the atlas.

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

Born 76

and 60 more in the atlas.

Died 49

and 33 more in the atlas.

States of the 1490s

The states that stood at some time in the 1490s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 1490.

Europe: 244 statesEurope244Middle East and North Africa: 56 statesMiddle East and North Africa56Sub-Saharan Africa: 21 statesSub-Saharan Africa21South Asia: 82 statesSouth Asia82East and Southeast Asia: 53 statesEast and Southeast Asia53Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 13 statesLocation unknown13

Europe244 states

and 236 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa56 states

and 48 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa21 states

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

South Asia82 states

and 74 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 unknown13 states

and 5 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1470 – 1519: every state, war and life of the 1490s, region by region.
  • On the map in 1495: 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.