Year
The world in 1258
In 1258 the atlas holds 398 states standing across 6 regions. 3 things began that year - Siege of Baghdad, Mongol invasions of Vietnam and Kingdom of Murcia - and 4 ended; 6 people were born and 3 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1250s page, and to its century on the 13th century.
What began in 1258
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 1
- Kingdom of Murcia · state · 1258 – 1833
Wars and battles 2
- Siege of Baghdad · battle · 1258
- Mongol invasions of Vietnam · war · 1258 – 1288
What ended in 1258
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 2
- Abbasid Caliphate · state · 750 – 1258
- Judicate of Cagliari · state · 1000 – 1258
Wars and battles 2
- Mongol conquest of Persia and Mesopotamia · war · 1219 – 1258
- War of the Euboeote Succession · war · 1256 – 1258
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1258 6
- Osman I · ruler · 1258 – 1326
- Sancho IV of Castile · politician · 1258 – 1295
- Arghun · ruler · 1258 – 1291
- Trần Nhân Tông · poet · 1258 – 1308
- Francesco Dandolo · politician · 1258 – 1339
- Bertrand of Saint-Geniès · ruler · 1258 – 1350
Died in 1258 3
- Theodore II Laskaris · writer · 1222 – 1258
- Al-Musta'sim · politician · 1212 – 1258
- Abu Yahya ibn Abd al-Haqq · ruler · 1207 – 1258
Standing in 1258
The states the atlas holds as standing that year, by region, the best known first, with who held the highest office where the record dates it.
Europe217 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Valdemar, Monarch of Sweden since 1250
- Denmark · 800 – present · Christopher I of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1252
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806
- Vikings · 793 – 1332
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Golden Horde · 1243 – 1502 · Berke, khan since 1257
- House of Habsburg · 1001 – 1780
- Republic of Venice · 697 – 1797 · Reniero Zeno, Doge of Venice since 1253
and 207 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa63 states
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453
- Abbasid Caliphate · 750 – 1258 · Al-Musta'sim, Abbasid caliph since 1242
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Latin Empire · 1204 – 1261 · Baldwin II, Latin Emperor, Despot of the Latin Empire since 1228
- Kingdom of Jerusalem · 1099 – 1291 · Conradin, monarch since 1254
- Ilkhanate · 1256 – 1335
- Ayyubid dynasty · 1171 – 1341 · Al-Mansur Ali, Sultan of Egypt since 1257
- Sultanate of Rum · 1077 – 1307 · Kaykaus II, Sultan of Rum since 1246 and Kilij Arslan IV, Sultan of Rum since 1257
- Mamluk Sultanate · 1250 – 1517 · Al-Musta'sim, Abbasid caliph since 1242 and Al-Mansur Ali, Sultan of Egypt since 1257
- Empire of Nicaea · 1204 – 1261 · Elena Asenina of Bulgaria, empress of Nicaea since 1254
and 53 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa10 states
- Mali Empire · 1235 – 1670
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897 · Ewedo, Oba of Benin since 1255
- Ajuran Sultanate · 1201 – 1700
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
- Warsangali Sultanate · 1218 – 1886
- Kingdom of Damot · 1100 – 1317
- Kingdom of Ardra · 1100 – 1724
- Sultanate of Mogadishu · 901 – 1600
- Empire of Kitara · 940 – 1300
South Asia45 states
- Kathmandu · 1202 – 1761
- Delhi Sultanate · 1206 – 1526 · Mahmud I of Delhi, Sultan of Hindustan (Sultan of Delhi) since 1245
- Tibetans · 850 – 1259
- Chola dynasty · 300 BCE – 1279 CE · Rajendra Chola III, Chola king since 1246
- Chagatai Khanate · 1225 – 1687
- Mamluk dynasty · 1206 – 1290
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Hoysala Kingdom · 1026 – 1343
- White Horde · 1227 – 1500 · Berke, khan since 1257
- Kakatiya dynasty · 1163 – 1323 · Ganapati, queen regnant since 1199
and 35 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia35 states
- Mongol Empire · 1206 – 1368 · Möngke Khan, khagan since 1251
- Song dynasty · 960 – 1279 · Emperor Lizong, Emperor of China since 1224
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Jaya Indravarman VI, king since 1254 and Indravarman V, king since 1257
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392
- Pagan Kingdom · 849 – 1297 · Narathihapate, King of Burma since 1256
- Sukhothai Kingdom · 1238 – 1438 · Sri Indraditya, King of Sukhothai since 1238
- Kamakura shogunate · 1200 – 1333 · Hōjō Nagatoki, Shikken since 1256
- Ahom kingdom · 1228 – 1826
and 25 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania12 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Ancestral Puebloans · 850 – 1304
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Norse settlement of North America · 1072 – 1384
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Kingdom of Cusco · 1197 – 1438 · Sinchi Roca, Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco since 1230
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
- Texcoco · 1202 – 1428
- United Provinces of New Granada · 181 – 1816
- Muisca Confederations · 800 – 1540
and 2 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown16 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598 · Alexander Nevsky, Grand Prince of Kyiv since 1249
- Burgraviate of Nuremberg · 1105 – 1486
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- House of Ögedei · 1200 – 1400
- Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe · 1220 – 1450
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604
- Savoyard state · 1003 – 1861
- Airgíalla · 331 – 1585
- Kingdom of Rajarata · 601 BCE – 1300 CE
- Connachta · 400 – 1474
and 6 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1233 – 1283: every state, war and life of 1258 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1258: 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.