World map in AD 1500

142 polities have borders on the map in AD 1500.

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AD 1500 · States and empires in AD 1500 (142)

Recorded coverage compared with AD 1492

Newly covered by recorded outlines (18): Bavarian Circle, Beothuk, Franconian Circle, Great Makoko, Guadalupe, Kingdom of Benguela, Kingdom of Matamba, Kingdom of Ndongo, Lower Rhenish–Westphalian Circle, Nsonso, Okanga, Santiago, Saxon Circle, Suku, Sultanate of Qishn and Socotra, Swabian Circle, Upper Rhenish Circle, Viceroyalty of the Indies

Not covered by recorded outlines (4): Lordship of Rimini, Ryukyu Kingdom, Sultanate of Shihr, Viceroyalty of the Indies (1492-1493)

States and empires in AD 1500

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 was 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.