PastlasHistorical atlas

Decade · 480 – 489

The world in the 480s

From 480 to 489 the atlas holds 132 states standing at some time. 10 things began - France, Lombards and Francia among them - and 4 ended; 16 people were born and 8 died.

Its years

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

480: 1 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 1 other480481: 2 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other481482: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other482483: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other483484: 4 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 2 other484485: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other485486: 1 began — 1 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other486487: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other487488: 0 began — 0 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other488489: 2 began — 2 wars and battles, 0 risings, regime changes and massacres, 0 other489

What began in the 480s

By kind, the best known first.

States 4

Wars and battles 5

Treaties 1

What ended in the 480s

States 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

Born and died

Born 16

Died 8

States of the 480s

The states that stood at some time in the 480s, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office in 480.

Europe: 46 statesEurope46Middle East and North Africa: 22 statesMiddle East and North Africa22South Asia: 22 statesSouth Asia22East and Southeast Asia: 20 statesEast and Southeast Asia20Americas and Oceania: 5 statesAmericas and Oceania5Location unknown: 17 statesLocation unknown17

Europe46 states

and 38 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa22 states

and 14 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

South Asia22 states

and 14 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia20 states

and 12 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania5 states

Location unknown17 states

and 9 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 460 – 509: every state, war and life of the 480s, region by region.
  • On the map in 485: 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.