Year
The world in 1362
In 1362 the atlas holds 469 states standing across 6 regions. 5 things began that year - Battle of Blue Waters, Saint Marcellus's flood and Battle of Helsingborg among them - and 1 ended; 3 people were born and 4 died.
Only what Wikidata dates to the year is counted here; a thing dated to its decade is on the 1360s page, and to its century on the 14th century.
What began in 1362
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
Wars and battles 4
- Battle of Blue Waters · battle · 1362 – 1363
- Battle of Helsingborg · battle · 1362
- War of the Bands · war · 1362 – 1457
- Battle of Brignais · battle · 1362
Natural disasters 1
- Saint Marcellus's flood · disaster · 1362
What ended in 1362
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
States 1
- Ahis · state · 1305 – 1362
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1362 3
- Władysław II Jagiełło · politician · 1362 – 1434
- Elbeg Nigülesügchi Khan · ruler · 1362 – 1399
- Raban von Helmstatt · ruler · 1362 – 1439
Died in 1362 4
- Orhan · ruler · 1281 – 1362
- Joan of the Tower · person · 1321 – 1362
- John III of Trebizond · ruler · 1321 – 1362
- Muhammad VI of Granada · politician · 1332 – 1362
Standing in 1362
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.
Europe261 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Magnus Eriksson, Monarch of Sweden since 1319 and Haakon VI, Monarch of Sweden since 1362
- 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 Guillem Arnau i Patau, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1361
- Monaco · 1297 – present
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806 · Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor since 1355
- Nizhny Novgorod · 1294 – 1394
- Goths · 100 – 1475 · Valdemar IV of Denmark, King of the Goths since 1361
- Golden Horde · 1243 – 1502 · Kildibeg, khan since 1361 and Abdallāh, khan since 1362
and 251 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa65 states
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Orhan, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1326 and Murad I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1362
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · John V Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor since 1341
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Mamluk Sultanate · 1250 – 1517 · Al-Mu'tadid I, Abbasid caliph since 1352 and Al-Mansur Muhammad, Sultan of Egypt, Sultan of Egypt since 1361
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Newaya Krestos, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1344
- Empire of Trebizond · 1204 – 1461 · Alexios III of Trebizond, emperor of Trebizond since 1349
- Emirate of Granada · 1238 – 1492
- Marinid dynasty · 1215 – 1465 · Tashfin ibn Ali, sultan since 1361 and Muhammad II ibn Faris, sultan since 1362
- Kingdom of Cyprus · 1192 – 1489 · Peter I of Cyprus, king of Cyprus since 1358
- Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia · 1080 – 1375
and 55 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa11 states
- Mali Empire · 1235 – 1670
- 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 Asia55 states
- Kathmandu · 1202 – 1761
- Delhi Sultanate · 1206 – 1526
- Vijayanagara Empire · 1336 – 1646 · Bukka, head of state since 1356
- Chagatai Khanate · 1225 – 1687
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Bahmani Kingdom · 1347 – 1527 · Mohammed Shah I, sultan since 1358
- Tughlaq dynasty · 1320 – 1413
- Moghulistan · 1347 – 1570
- Bengal Sultanate · 1352 – 1576 · Sikandar Shah, Sultan of Bengal since 1358
- White Horde · 1227 – 1500
and 45 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia44 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 · Hayam Wuruk, 1st Maharaja of Majapahit since 1350
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Po Binasuor, king since 1360
- Goryeo · 918 – 1392 · Gongmin of Goryeo, wang since 1351
- Ayutthaya Kingdom · 1350 – 1767
- Lan Xang · 1354 – 1707 · Fa Ngum, king of Lan Xang since 1353
- Ashikaga shogunate · 1336 – 1573
and 34 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 · Tariácuri, Irecha since 1350
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Kingdom of Cusco · 1197 – 1438 · Inca Roca, Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco since 1350
- Tlaxcala · 1348 – 1520
- Sican culture · 700 – 1375
and 6 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown17 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598
- Burgraviate of Nuremberg · 1105 – 1486
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- House of Ögedei · 1200 – 1400
- Kingdom of Sine · 1350 – 1969
- 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
and 7 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1337 – 1387: every state, war and life of 1362 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1362: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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