Europe in 1492
1492 is the year Columbus reached the Americas. This map shows the 62 states and peoples the data has for Europe in that year.
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States and peoples in Europe in 1492
Largest first, by area on this map.
- Kalmar Union
- Grand Principality of Moscow
- House of Jagiellon
- Ottoman Empire
- Golden Horde
- Kingdom of France
- Holy Roman Empire Minor States
- Crown of Castile
- Kingdom of Hungary
- Aq Qoyunlu
- Kingdom of England
- Crimean Khanate
- Livonian Conference
- Crown of Aragon
- Kingdom of Bohemia
- Hafsid Dynasty
- Zayyanid dynasty
- Mamluk Sultanate
- House of Habsburg
- Kingdom of Scotland
- Principality of Moldavia
- Kingdom of Portugal
- Principality of Wallachia
- Kingdom of Naples
- Republic of Venice
- Wattasid dynasty
- Habsburg Monarchy
- Electorate of Brandenburg
- Teutonic Order
- County of Foix
- House of Bourbon
- Electorate of Saxony
- Papal States
- Samtskhe-Saatabago
- Duchy of Bavaria
- Duchy of Milan
- County of Savoy
- Astrakhan Khanate
- Qasim Khanate
- Pskov Republic
- Beylik of Dulkadir
- Republic of Genoa
- Ramadanid Emirate
- Swiss Confederation
- Kingdom of Georgia
- Ryazan
- Duchy of Lorraine
- Electorate of Trier
- County of Nevers
- County of Armagnac
- Principality of Mingrelia
- Republic of Florence
- Kingdom of Imereti
- Principality of Abkhazia
- Principality of Guria
- Kingdom of Kakheti
- Comtat Venaissin
- Duchy of Styria
- Republic of Ragusa
- County of Auvergne
- County of Urgell
- Principality of Orange
New on the map since 1442
House of Jagiellon · Crimean Khanate · Wattasid dynasty · Habsburg Monarchy · Electorate of Saxony · Samtskhe-Saatabago · Astrakhan Khanate · Qasim Khanate · Ryazan · Duchy of Lorraine · Principality of Mingrelia · Kingdom of Imereti · Principality of Abkhazia · Principality of Guria · Kingdom of Kakheti
Gone from the map by 1542
Kalmar Union · Golden Horde · Crown of Castile · Aq Qoyunlu · Crown of Aragon · Kingdom of Bohemia · Mamluk Sultanate · House of Habsburg · Kingdom of Naples · Teutonic Order · Samtskhe-Saatabago · Duchy of Milan · County of Savoy · Pskov Republic · Beylik of Dulkadir · Ramadanid Emirate · Ryazan · County of Nevers · County of Armagnac · Duchy of Styria · County of Auvergne
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Europe in other years
Other regions in 1492
The outlines are coarse and follow the Cliopatria dataset: borders before modern surveys are estimates, and a blank area means the data has no state on record there, not that nobody lived there. A state that changed hands during the year can appear together with its successor.