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Year

The world in 1290

In 1290 the atlas holds 418 states standing across 6 regions. 6 things began that year - Khalji dynasty, Duchy of Nysa and 1290 Zhili earthquake among them - and 1 ended; 1 person was born and 11 died.

Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1290s page, and to its century on the 13th century.

What began in 1290

By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.

States 4

Unrest and atrocity 1

Natural disasters 1

What ended in 1290

States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.

States 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1290 1

Died in 1290 11

Standing in 1290

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.

Europe: 239 statesEurope239Middle East and North Africa: 60 statesMiddle East and North Africa60Sub-Saharan Africa: 11 statesSub-Saharan Africa11South Asia: 45 statesSouth Asia45East and Southeast Asia: 35 statesEast and Southeast Asia35Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe239 states

and 229 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa60 states

and 50 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa11 states

and 1 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia45 states

and 35 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia35 states

and 25 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania12 states

and 2 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown16 states

and 6 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1265 – 1315: every state, war and life of 1290 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1290: 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.