Year
The world in 1349
In 1349 the atlas holds 459 states standing across 6 regions. 4 things began that year - Dauphiné, Basel Massacre and Strasbourg massacre among them - and 4 ended; 2 people were born and 5 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1340s page, and to its century on the 14th century.
What began in 1349
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 1
- Dauphiné · state · 1349 – 1790
Wars and battles 1
- Fifth siege of Gibraltar · battle · 1349 – 1350
Unrest and atrocity 2
- Basel Massacre · atrocity · 1349
- Strasbourg massacre · atrocity · 1349
What ended in 1349
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 2
- Kingdom of Galicia–Volhynia · state · 1199 – 1349
- Kingdom of Kano · state · 999 – 1349
Wars and battles 1
- Byzantine–Genoese War · war · 1348 – 1349
Famine and plague 1
- Black Death in England · plague · 1348 – 1349
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1349 2
- Albert III of Austria · person · 1349 – 1395
- Abu Faris Abd al-Aziz I · ruler · 1349 – 1372
Died in 1349 5
- William of Ockham · physicist · 1285 – 1349
- Joan II of Navarre · politician · 1311 – 1349
- James III of Majorca · ruler · 1315 – 1349
- Ibn Fadlallah al-Umari · scientist · 1301 – 1349
- Nawrahta Minye · monarch · 1326 – 1349
Standing in 1349
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.
Europe254 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Magnus Eriksson, Monarch of Sweden since 1319
- Denmark · 800 – present · Valdemar IV of Denmark, Monarch of Denmark since 1340
- Andorra · 1278 – present · Gaston III of Foix, French co-prince of Andorra since 1343 and Niccolò Capocci, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1348
- Monaco · 1297 – present
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806
- Nizhny Novgorod · 1294 – 1394
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Golden Horde · 1243 – 1502 · Jani Beg, khan since 1342
and 244 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa68 states
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Orhan, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1326
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor since 1341 and John VI Kantakouzenos, Byzantine emperor since 1347
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Mamluk Sultanate · 1250 – 1517 · Al-Hakim II, Abbasid caliph since 1341 and Al-Nasir Hasan, Sultan of Egypt since 1347
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Newaya Krestos, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1344
- Empire of Trebizond · 1204 – 1461 · Michael of Trebizond, emperor of Trebizond since 1344 and Alexios III of Trebizond, emperor of Trebizond since 1349
- Emirate of Granada · 1238 – 1492
- Marinid dynasty · 1215 – 1465 · Abu Inan Faris, sultan since 1348
- Kingdom of Cyprus · 1192 – 1489
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · 1080 – 1375
and 58 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa11 states
- Mali Empire · 1235 – 1670 · Sulayman of Mali, Mansa since 1341
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897 · Ohen, Oba of Benin since 1334
- Ajuran Sultanate · 1201 – 1700
- Sultanate of Ifat · 1285 – 1415
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Pate Island · 1300 – 1895
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
- Warsangali Sultanate · 1218 – 1886
- Kingdom of Ardra · 1100 – 1724
- Sultanate of Mogadishu · 901 – 1600
and 1 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia52 states
- Kathmandu · 1202 – 1761
- Delhi Sultanate · 1206 – 1526
- Vijayanagara Empire · 1336 – 1646 · Harihara I, head of state since 1336
- Chagatai Khanate · 1225 – 1687
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Bahmani Kingdom · 1347 – 1527 · Ala-ud-Din Bahman Shah, sultan since 1347
- Tughlaq dynasty · 1320 – 1413
- Moghulistan · 1347 – 1570 · Tughlugh Timur, Khan of Moghulistan since 1347
- White Horde · 1227 – 1500 · Jani Beg, khan since 1342
- Avar Khanate · 1101 – 1864
and 42 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia43 states
- Mongol Empire · 1206 – 1368 · Toghon Temür, khagan since 1333
- Yuan dynasty · 1271 – 1368 · Toghon Temür, Emperor of China since 1333
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431
- Srivijaya · 650 – 1377
- Majapahit · 1293 – 1527 · Tribhuwana Wijayatunggadewi, 1st Maharaja of Majapahit since 1328
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Maha Sawa, king since 1342
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392
- Ashikaga shogunate · 1336 – 1573
- Sukhothai Kingdom · 1238 – 1438 · Maha Thammaracha I, King of Sukhothai since 1347
- Ahom kingdom · 1228 – 1826
and 33 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania16 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Tenochtitlan · 1325 – 1521
- Aztec Empire · 1325 – 1521
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Norse settlement of North America · 1072 – 1384
- Purépecha Empire · 1300 – 1530
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Kingdom of Cusco · 1197 – 1438 · Cápac Yupanqui, Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco since 1320
- Tlaxcala · 1348 – 1520
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
and 6 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown15 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598
- Burgraviate of Nuremberg · 1105 – 1486
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- House of Ögedei · 1200 – 1400
- Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe · 1220 – 1450
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604 · Si Kefa, Ruler of Möng Mao since 1335
- Savoyard state · 1003 – 1861
- Airgíalla · 331 – 1585
- Kingdom of al-Abwab · 1276 – 1367
- Connachta · 400 – 1474
and 5 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1324 – 1374: every state, war and life of 1349 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1349: 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.