PastlasHistorical atlas

Year

The world in 1462

In 1462 the atlas holds 473 states standing across 6 regions. 4 things began that year - Night attack at Târgoviște, Catalan Civil War and Ottoman conquest of Lesbos among them - and 3 ended; 7 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 1460s page, and to its century on the 15th century.

What began in 1462

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

Wars and battles 3

Unrest and atrocity 1

What ended in 1462

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

States 1

Wars and battles 2

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1462 7

Died in 1462 4

Standing in 1462

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: 256 statesEurope256Middle East and North Africa: 52 statesMiddle East and North Africa52Sub-Saharan Africa: 19 statesSub-Saharan Africa19South Asia: 71 statesSouth Asia71East and Southeast Asia: 48 statesEast and Southeast Asia48Americas and Oceania: 12 statesAmericas and Oceania12Location unknown: 15 statesLocation unknown15

Europe256 states

and 246 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa52 states

and 42 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa19 states

and 9 more; every state of Sub-Saharan Africa.

South Asia71 states

and 61 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia48 states

and 38 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania12 states

and 2 more; every state of Americas and Oceania.

Location unknown15 states

and 5 more; every state of Location unknown.

Open in the atlas

  • On the timeline, 1437 – 1487: every state, war and life of 1462 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1462: 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.