Year
The world in 1420
In 1420 the atlas holds 472 states standing across 6 regions. 5 things began that year - Buganda, Treaty of Troyes and Battle of Vítkov Hill among them - and 1 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 1420s page, and to its century on the 15th century.
What began in 1420
By kind, the best known first; a war or a state is listed in the year it began.
States 1
- Buganda · state · 1420 – 1966
Wars and battles 3
- Battle of Vítkov Hill · battle · 1420
- Battle of Sudoměř · battle · 1420
- Moldavian–Ottoman Wars · war · 1420 – 1538
Treaties 1
- Treaty of Troyes · treaty · 1420
What ended in 1420
States that fell or were replaced, and wars and other things that ran past the year they began.
Wars and battles 1
- Battle of Vyšehrad · battle · 1419 – 1420
Born and died
By how many Wikipedias write about them.
Born in 1420 5
- Jean Fouquet · painter · 1420 – 1478
- George of Poděbrady · ruler · 1420 – 1471
- Mahmud Pasha Angelović · politician · 1420 – 1474
- Lamberto, Lord of Monaco · politician · 1420 – 1494
- Rupert of Palatinate-Simmern · bishop · 1420 – 1478
Died in 1420 4
- Gregory Tsamblak · bishop · 1365 – 1420
- Abu Said Uthman III · ruler · 1383 – 1420
- Wenceslaus II of Legnica · ruler · 1348 – 1420
- Giacomo Fregoso · politician · 1340 – 1420
Standing in 1420
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.
Europe257 states
- France · 481 – present
- Sweden · 900 – present · Erik of Pomerania, Monarch of Sweden since 1396
- Denmark · 800 – present · Erik of Pomerania, Monarch of Denmark since 1396
- Andorra · 1278 – present · John I of Foix, French co-prince of Andorra since 1413 and Francesc de Tovia, Episcopal Co-Prince since 1416
- Monaco · 1297 – present
- San Marino · 301 – present
- Holy Roman Empire · 962 – 1806
- Spanish Empire · 1402 – 1899
- Goths · 100 – 1475
- Golden Horde · 1243 – 1502
and 247 more; every state of Europe.
Middle East and North Africa62 states
- Ottoman Empire · 1302 – 1922 · Mehmed I, sultan of the Ottoman Empire since 1413
- Byzantine Empire · 285 – 1453 · Manuel II Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor since 1391
- Persian Empire · 550 BCE – 1979 CE
- Timurid Empire · 1370 – 1507
- Mamluk Sultanate · 1250 – 1517 · Al-Mu'tadid II, Abbasid caliph since 1414
- Ethiopian Empire · 1270 – 1975 · Yeshaq I, Emperor of Ethiopia since 1414
- Empire of Trebizond · 1204 – 1461 · Alexios IV of Trebizond, emperor of Trebizond since 1417
- Emirate of Granada · 1238 – 1492
- Qara Qoyunlu · 1375 – 1468 · Qara Yusuf, shah since 1389
- Aq Qoyunlu · 1378 – 1508 · Qara Yuluk Osman Beg, Sultan of the Aq Qoyunlu since 1378
and 52 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.
Sub-Saharan Africa16 states
- Mali Empire · 1235 – 1670
- Kingdom of Kongo · 1395 – 1888
- Kingdom of Benin · 1170 – 1897
- Buganda · 1420 – 1966
- Oyo Empire · 1400 – 1905
- Adal Sultanate · 1415 – 1577 · Sabr ad-Din II, Sultan of the Adal Sultanate since 1415
- Ajuran Sultanate · 1201 – 1700
- Kilwa Sultanate · 957 – 1513
- Pate Island · 1300 – 1895
- Kingdom of Nri · 1000 – 1911
and 6 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.
South Asia66 states
- Kathmandu · 1202 – 1761
- Delhi Sultanate · 1206 – 1526
- Vijayanagara Empire · 1336 – 1646 · Deva Raya, head of state since 1406
- Chagatai Khanate · 1225 – 1687
- Kingdom of Mysore · 1399 – 1950 · Yaduraya Wodeyar, Maharaja of Mysore since 1399
- Pandya dynasty · 300 BCE – 1650 CE
- Bahmani Kingdom · 1347 – 1527
- Moghulistan · 1347 – 1570 · Uwais Khan, Khan of Moghulistan since 1418
- Sayyid dynasty · 1414 – 1451 · Khizr Khan, sultan since 1414
- Bengal Sultanate · 1352 – 1576
and 56 more; every state of South Asia.
East and Southeast Asia42 states
- Brunei · 1368 – present
- Ming dynasty · 1368 – 1644 · Yongle Emperor, Emperor of China since 1402
- Joseon · 1392 – 1897 · Sejong the Great, king of Joseon Dynasty since 1418
- Khmer Empire · 802 – 1431 · Ponhea Yat, King of the Khmer Empire since 1394
- Majapahit · 1293 – 1527 · Wikramawardhana, 1st Maharaja of Majapahit since 1389
- Champa · 192 – 1832 · Indravarman VI, king since 1400
- Ayutthaya Kingdom · 1350 – 1767
- Malacca Sultanate · 1400 – 1511
- Lan Xang · 1354 – 1707 · Lan Kham Deng, king of Lan Xang since 1416
- Sultanate of Sulu · 1405 – 1915
and 32 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.
Americas and Oceania14 states
- Maya civilization · 2001 BCE – 1521 CE
- Tenochtitlan · 1325 – 1521 · Tlacacuitlahuatzin, tlatoani since 1395 and Chimalpopoca, tlatoani since 1417
- Aztec Empire · 1325 – 1521 · Tlacacuitlahuatzin, tlatoani since 1395 and Chimalpopoca, tlatoani since 1417
- Tuʻi Tonga Empire · 951 – 1826
- Purépecha Empire · 1300 – 1530
- Chimor · 850 – 1470
- Kingdom of Cusco · 1197 – 1438 · Viracocha Inca, Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco since 1410
- Tlaxcala · 1348 – 1520
- Texcoco · 1202 – 1428
- United Provinces of New Granada · 181 – 1816
and 4 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.
Location unknown15 states
- Rurikids · 862 – 1598
- Burgraviate of Nuremberg · 1105 – 1486
- Langkasuka · 100 – 1500
- Kingdom of Sine · 1350 – 1969
- Kingdom of Great Zimbabwe · 1220 – 1450
- Möng Mao · 560 – 1604 · Si Renfa, Ruler of Möng Mao since 1413
- Savoyard state · 1003 – 1861 · Amadeus VIII of Savoy, Duke of Savoy since 1416
- Airgíalla · 331 – 1585
- Connachta · 400 – 1474
- Kar-Kiya dynasty · 1370 – 1592
and 5 more; every state of Location unknown.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1395 – 1445: every state, war and life of 1420 and the years either side, region by region.
- On the map in 1420: the borders of the year, its cities under their names of the year, and what happened where.
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