World maps by year · AD 1492

World map in AD 1492

128 polities have borders on the map in AD 1492.

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Recorded coverage compared with AD 1453

Newly covered by recorded outlines (23): Ahmadnagar Sultanate, Bahamas, Berar Sultanate, Bidar Sultanate, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, Chakán, Duchy of Pontecorvo, Grand Principality of Moscow, J'rai, Kauthara, Kazakh Khanate, Lan Na Kingdom Mandala (1474-1558), Panduranga, Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe, Principality of Oneglia, Royal Prussia, Shilluk Kingdom, Spain, Sultanate of Bijapur, Sultanate of Ndzuwani, Sultanate of Sulu, Tases, Viceroyalty of the Indies (1492-1493)

Not covered by recorded outlines (20): Chimu, Novgorod Republic, Crown of Aragon, Kingdom of Cyprus, Empire of Trebizond, Crown of Castile, Emirate of Granada, Principality of Tver, Lordship of Oneglia (1298-1488), Principality of Theodoro, Nonohualca, Tlatelolco, Muang Phuan, Principality of Kamphaeng Phet, Grand Principality of Moscow (1392-1478), Principality of Chaliang, Principality of Sukhothai, Burgundian State, Crimean Khanate, Lan Na Kingdom Mandala (1449-1460)

States and empires in AD 1492

• Ah Canul
• Ah Kin Chel
• Ahmadnagar Sultanate
• Andorra
• Antisuyo
• Archbishopric of Riga
• Ayutthaya Kingdom
• Aztec Empire 1428-1465
• Bahamas
• Bengal Sultanate
• Berar Sultanate
• Bidar Sultanate
• Bishopric of Courland
• Bishopric of Dorpat
• Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek
• Brandenburg
• Calotmul
• Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
• Catawba
• Ceh Pech
• Chactemal
• Chakán
• Chakan Putum
• Chikinchel de Chinkín
• Chinchaysuyo
• Collasuyo
• Contisuyo
• Couto Misto
• Cuzco
• Đại Việt
• Delhi Sultanate (Lodi)
• Dembos
• Duchy of Brittany
• Duchy of Pontecorvo
• Dzuluinicob
• Ekab
• Gondwana Kingdom
• Grand Principality of Moscow
• Great Horde
• Great Ming
• Guernsey
• Gujarat Sultanate
• Hocabá-Homún
• Hunza Kingdom
• Inca Empire
• Isle of Man
• Itza Kingdom
• J'rai
• Jersey
• Jolof Empire
• Joseon
• Kaan Peech
• Kahlur State
• Kalmar Union
• Kandesh Sultanate
• Kangleipak
• Kashmir Sultanate
• Kauthara
• Kazakh Khanate
• Khanate of Qazan
• Kingdom of Desmond
• Kingdom of England
• Kingdom of Kakongo
• Kingdom of Leinster
• Kingdom of Mutapa
• Kingdom of Naples
• Kingdom of Navarre
• Kingdom of Ngoyo
• Kingdom of Portugal
• Kingdom of Rwanda
• Kingdom of Scotland
• Kingdom of Sicily
• Kingdom of Thomond
• Kingdom of Torwa
• Kingdom of Vungu
• Kisama
• Knights Hospitaller
• Kock Wah
• Kupul
• Lan Na Kingdom Mandala (1474-1558)
• Lordship of Rimini
• Majeerteen Sultanate
• Malwa Sultanate
• Manche Chʼol
• Mexico-Tenochtitlan
• Mwene Muji
• Nankaido
• Nogai Horde
• Ottoman Empire
• Pale of Calais
• Panduranga
• Papal States
• Portuguese Ceuta
• Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
• Principality of Oneglia
• Principality of Ryazan
• Principality of Wallachia
• Purépecha Empire
• Qasim Khanate
• Rajputana
• Republic of Ancona
• Republic of Cospaia
• Republic of Venice
• Royal Prussia
• Ryukyu Kingdom
• San Marino
• Savoyard state
• Seven Kingdoms of Kongo dia Nlaza
• Shilluk Kingdom
• Sind Sultanate
• Songhai Empire
• Sotuta
• Spain
• State of the Teutonic Order
• Sultanate of Bijapur
• Sultanate of Ndzuwani
• Sultanate of Shihr
• Sultanate of Sulu
• Sultanate of the Maldive Islands
• Sultanate of Tidore
• Tases
• Tavasco
• Tetzcoco
• Tlacopan
• Tutul-Xiu
• Uaymil
• Viceroyalty of the Indies (1492-1493)
• Vijayanagara Empire

Battles, AD 1492 – AD 1499

• Battle of Dournon · AD 1493.044· map
• Battle of Krbava Field · AD 1493.689· map
• First Battle of Acentejo · AD 1494.25· map
• Battle of Aguere · AD 1494.872· map
• Second Battle of Acentejo · AD 1494.982· map
• Assault on Ivangorod · AD 1495· map
• Battle of Vega Real · AD 1495.202· map
• Battle of Seminara · AD 1495.491· map
• Battle of Fornovo · AD 1495.514· map
• Battle of Drumchatt · AD 1496· map
• Battle of Rotebro · AD 1497.741· map
• Battle of Bruderholz · AD 1499.224· map
• Battle of Frastanz · AD 1499.302· map
• Battle of Calven · AD 1499.391· map
• Battle of Dornach · AD 1499.558· map
• Battle of Zonchio · AD 1499.649· map

Significant earthquakes, AD 1492 – AD 1499

• ENSHUNADA SEA earthquake · AD 1498.719 · M8.3
• NANKAIDO earthquake · AD 1498.719 · M7.5
• CRETE earthquake · AD 1494.5 · M7.2
• KAMAKURA earthquake · AD 1495.697 · M7.1
• NOWZAD-MASK earthquake · AD 1493.025 · M7
• ENSHUNADA SEA earthquake · AD 1498.522 · M6.4
• NINGXIA: ZHONGWEI earthquake · AD 1495.275 · M6.3
• YUNNAN PROVINCE: QUJING earthquake · AD 1494.23 · M5.5 · 3 deaths
• QALHAT earthquake · AD 1497 · M5.5
• DODECANESE ISLANDS earthquake · AD 1493.63 ·
• NEAR S COAST earthquake · AD 1494.45 ·
• LANTOSQUE,ROQUEBILLIERE,NICE earthquake · AD 1494.477 ·
• CROATIA earthquake · AD 1496.06 ·
• BOCA DE LA SIERPE earthquake · AD 1498.586 ·
• YUNNAN PROVINCE: YI LIANG earthquake · AD 1499 · 10000 deaths

1 witnessed meteorite fall was recorded in AD 1492 – AD 1499.

Sources

Borders: OpenHistoricalMap contributors (CC0 1.0). Battles: Wikidata (CC0 1.0). Eruptions: Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program. Earthquakes: NOAA NCEI. Conflict events: UCDP GED (CC BY 4.0). Meteorites: NASA/Meteoritical Society. Full citations.