World maps by year · AD 1500
World map in AD 1500
124 polities have borders on the map in AD 1500. Open AD 1500 on the interactive map →
Changes since AD 1492
New on the map (12): Beothuk, Great Makoko, Guadalupe, Kingdom of Benguela, Kingdom of Matamba, Kingdom of Ndongo, Nsonso, Okanga, Santiago, Suku, Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra, Viceroyalty of the Indies
No longer on the map (3): Ryukyu Kingdom, Sultanate of Shihr, Viceroyalty of the Indies (1492-1493)
States and empires in AD 1500
- Ah Canul
- Ah Kin Chel
- Ahmadnagar Sultanate
- Andorra
- Antisuyo
- Archbishopric of Riga
- Ayutthaya Kingdom
- Aztec Empire 1428-1465
- Bahamas
- Bengal Sultanate
- Beothuk
- Berar Sultanate
- Bidar Sultanate
- Bishopric of Courland
- Bishopric of Dorpat
- Bishopric of Ösel-Wiek
- 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
- Dzuluinicob
- Ekab
- Gondwana Kingdom
- Grand Principality of Moscow
- Great Horde
- Great Makoko
- Great Ming
- Guadalupe
- 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 Benguela
- Kingdom of Desmond
- Kingdom of England
- Kingdom of Kakongo
- Kingdom of Leinster
- Kingdom of Matamba
- Kingdom of Mutapa
- Kingdom of Naples
- Kingdom of Navarre
- Kingdom of Ndongo
- 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)
- Majeerteen Sultanate
- Malwa Sultanate
- Manche Chʼol
- Mexico-Tenochtitlan
- Mwene Muji
- Nogai Horde
- Nsonso
- Okanga
- Ottoman Empire
- Panduranga
- Papal States
- Portuguese Ceuta
- Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe
- Principality of Ryazan
- Purépecha Empire
- Rajputana
- Republic of Venice
- San Marino
- Santiago
- Seven Kingdoms of Kongo dia Nlaza
- Shilluk Kingdom
- Sind Sultanate
- Songhai Empire
- Sotuta
- Spain
- State of the Teutonic Order
- Suku
- Sultanate of Bijapur
- Sultanate of Ndzuwani
- Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra
- Sultanate of Sulu
- Sultanate of the Maldive Islands
- Sultanate of Tidore
- Tases
- Tavasco
- Tetzcoco
- Tlacopan
- Tutul-Xiu
- Uaymil
- Viceroyalty of the Indies
- Vijayanagara Empire
Battles, AD 1500 – AD 1524
- Battle of Hemmingstedt · AD 1500.127· map
- Battle of Vedrosha · AD 1500.536· map
- Battle of Modon · AD 1500.563· map
- Battle of the Siritsa River · AD 1501.655· map
- Battle of Mstislavl · AD 1501.842· map
- Siege of Smolensk · AD 1502.667· map
- Battle of Lake Smolina · AD 1502.7· map
- Barletta Challenge · AD 1502.719· map
- Battle of Ruvo · AD 1503.144· map
- Battle of Seminara · AD 1503.305· map
- Battle of Cerignola · AD 1503.324· map
- Battle of Hamadan · AD 1503.471· map
- Battle of Garigliano · AD 1503.993· map
- Battle of Kuzuryū-gawa · AD 1505· map
- Capture of Mers-el-Kébir · AD 1505.7· map
- Battle of Kletsk · AD 1506.594· map
- Battle of Bōgane · AD 1507· map
- Battle of Barawa · AD 1507.167· map
- Capture of Baghdad · AD 1508.667· map
- Battle of Nagamorihara · AD 1509· map
- Battle of Diu · AD 1509.089· map
- Battle of Casaloldo · AD 1509.358· map
- Battle of Agnadello · AD 1509.369· map
- Battle of Nyoigatake · AD 1509.508· map
- Battle of Polesella · AD 1509.974· map
- Battle of Knock Mary · AD 1510· map
- Capture of Béjaïa · AD 1510.011· map
- Battle of Salt River · AD 1510.167· map
- Capture of Malacca · AD 1511.566· map
- Battle of Ashiyagawara · AD 1511.633· map
- Battle of Funaokayama · AD 1511.732· map
- Battle of Ravenna · AD 1512.277· map
- Battle of Saint-Mathieu · AD 1512.608· map
- Battle of Borysthenes · AD 1513· map
- Battle of Hornshole · AD 1513· map
- Battle of Brest · AD 1513.313· map
- Battle of Blancs-Sablons Bay · AD 1513.316· map
- Battle of Le Conquet · AD 1513.316· map
- Battle of Novara · AD 1513.43· map
- Battle of Guinegate · AD 1513.624· map
- Battle of Dubica · AD 1513.624· map
- Battle of Flodden · AD 1513.689· map
- Battle of La Motta · AD 1513.766· map
- Battle of Chaldiran · AD 1514.644· map
- Battle of Takebayashi · AD 1514.675· map
- Battle of Orsha · AD 1514.686· map
- Battle of Marignano · AD 1515.7· map
- Siege of Opochka · AD 1516· map
- Battle of Torran Dubh · AD 1516· map
- Battle of Marj Dabiq · AD 1516.646· map
- Battle of Yaunis Khan · AD 1516.824· map
- Battle of Arita-Nakaide · AD 1517.844· map
- Battle of Fatehpur · AD 1518· map
- Battle of Brännkyrka · AD 1518.571· map
- Cleanse the Causeway · AD 1519· map
- Battle of Mokhisi · AD 1519· map
- Battle of Pianosa · AD 1519.316· map
- Battle of Soltau · AD 1519.491· map
- First Battle of Tamao · AD 1520· map
- Battle of Gyōnindai · AD 1520· map
- Battle of Bogesund · AD 1520.049· map
- Battle of Uppsala · AD 1520.264· map
- La Noche Triste · AD 1520.496· map
- Battle of Otumba · AD 1520.516· map
- Siege of Allenstein · AD 1520.917· map
- Battle of Falun · AD 1521.094· map
- Battle of Brunnbäck Ferry · AD 1521.167· map
- Battle of Miñano Mayor · AD 1521.299· map
- Battle of Villalar · AD 1521.31· map
- Battle of Mactan · AD 1521.321· map
- Battle of Västerås · AD 1521.327· map
- Battle of Oropesa · AD 1521.333· map
- Conquest of Uppsala · AD 1521.383· map
- Battle of Pamplona · AD 1521.385· map
- Siege of Belgrade · AD 1521.482· map
- Battle of Noáin · AD 1521.496· map
- Battle of Colhuacatonco · AD 1521.496· map
- Battle of Almenara · AD 1521.547· map
- Battle of Gandía · AD 1521.566· map
- Battle of Oriola · AD 1521.663· map
- Second Battle of Tamao · AD 1522· map
- Battle of Saruyama · AD 1522· map
- Battle of Bicocca · AD 1522.321· map
- Siege of Rhodes · AD 1522.485· map
- Battle of Pujol de Son Sabater · AD 1522.622· map
- Capture of Baghdad · AD 1523· map
- Conquest of Kalmar · AD 1523.405· map
- Conquest of Stockholm · AD 1523.461· map
- Siege of Marseille · AD 1524.583· map
Volcanic eruptions (VEI ≥ 4), AD 1500 – AD 1524
- Katla eruption · AD 1500 · VEI 4
- Hekla eruption · AD 1510.566 · VEI 4
Significant earthquakes, AD 1500 – AD 1524
The 20 strongest of 51.
- PERU earthquake · AD 1513 · M8.7
- NEPAL-INDIA earthquake · AD 1505.43 · M8.2
- ISTANBUL earthquake · AD 1509.691 · M7.7 · 5000 deaths
- SHAANXI PROVINCE: CHAOYI earthquake · AD 1501.049 · M7 · 400 deaths
- ENSHUNADA SEA earthquake · AD 1510.775 · M7
- YUNNAN PROVINCE: HEQING earthquake · AD 1515.461 · M7 · 100 deaths
- KII, KUMANANONADA earthquake · AD 1520.258 · M7
- SEIONAIKAI, JAPAN earthquake · AD 1510.721 · M6.7
- HWANGHAE-DO: PAEKCHON earthquake · AD 1518.503 · M6.7
- HENAN PROVINCE: PUCHENG earthquake · AD 1502.794 · M6.5 · 50 deaths
- SLOVENIA: IDRIJA,SKOFJA LOKA earthquake · AD 1511.235 · M6.5 · 15 deaths
- YUNNAN PROVINCE earthquake · AD 1512.769 · M6.5
- ZAKYNTHOS earthquake · AD 1514.291 · M6.5
- ZAKINTHOS (ZANTE) earthquake · AD 1521.624 · M6.3 · 3 deaths
- YUNNAN PROVINCE earthquake · AD 1511.877 · M5.8
- YUNNAN PROVINCE earthquake · AD 1514.702 · M5.5
- YUNNAN PROVINCE earthquake · AD 1517.53 · M5.5
- YUNNAN: WEISHAN earthquake · AD 1520.235 · M5.5
- YUNNAN PROVINCE: ANNING, YUXI earthquake · AD 1507.842 · M5.3
- SHANXI PROVINCE: ANYI, GUEHENG earthquake · AD 1505.791 · M5
1 witnessed meteorite fall were recorded in AD 1500 – AD 1524.
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.