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Year

The world in 1474

In 1474 the atlas holds 478 states standing across 6 regions. 7 things began that year - Duchy of Holstein, Burgundian Wars and Portuguese Guinea 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 1470s page, and to its century on the 15th century.

What began in 1474

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

States 2

Wars and battles 4

Treaties 1

What ended in 1474

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

Wars and battles 1

Born and died

By how many Wikipedias write about them.

Born in 1474 5

Died in 1474 4

Standing in 1474

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: 253 statesEurope253Middle East and North Africa: 54 statesMiddle East and North Africa54Sub-Saharan Africa: 19 statesSub-Saharan Africa19South Asia: 76 statesSouth Asia76East and Southeast Asia: 50 statesEast and Southeast Asia50Americas and Oceania: 11 statesAmericas and Oceania11Location unknown: 15 statesLocation unknown15

Europe253 states

and 243 more; every state of Europe.

Middle East and North Africa54 states

and 44 more; every state of Middle East and North Africa.

Sub-Saharan Africa19 states

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

South Asia76 states

and 66 more; every state of South Asia.

East and Southeast Asia50 states

and 40 more; every state of East and Southeast Asia.

Americas and Oceania11 states

and 1 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, 1449 – 1499: every state, war and life of 1474 and the years either side, region by region.
  • On the map in 1474: 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.