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Year

The world in 1396

In 1396 the atlas holds 473 states standing across 6 regions. 4 things began that year - Battle of Nicopolis, Ottoman–Venetian Wars and Anhalt-Dessau among them - and 2 ended; 5 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 1390s page, and to its century on the 14th century.

What began in 1396

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

States 2

Wars and battles 2

What ended in 1396

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

States 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1396 5

Died in 1396 4

Standing in 1396

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: 268 statesEurope268Middle East and North Africa: 59 statesMiddle East and North Africa59Sub-Saharan Africa: 13 statesSub-Saharan Africa13South Asia: 58 statesSouth Asia58East and Southeast Asia: 45 statesEast and Southeast Asia45Americas and Oceania: 14 statesAmericas and Oceania14Location unknown: 16 statesLocation unknown16

Europe268 states

and 258 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa59 states

and 49 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa13 states

and 3 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia58 states

and 48 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia45 states

and 35 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania14 states

and 4 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, 1371 – 1421: every state, war and life of 1396 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1396: 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.