World map in AD 1475 — territory by country

Frame AD 1475 — world borders from AD 1475 to AD 1481. 137 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol khanate (≈ 4.55 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (137, largest first)

Rank	Country	Area
1	Mongol khanate	≈ 4.55 million km²
2	Khanate of Sibir	≈ 4.41 million km²
3	Ming dynasty	≈ 4.34 million km²
4	Timurid Empire	≈ 1.88 million km²
5	Grand Principality of Moscow	≈ 1.81 million km²
6	Aq Qoyunlu	≈ 1.70 million km²
7	Tibet	≈ 1.55 million km²
8	Mamluk Sultanate	≈ 1.48 million km²
9	Moghulistan	≈ 1.38 million km²
10	Kalmar Union	≈ 1.29 million km²
11	Jagiellonian dynasty	≈ 1.05 million km²
12	Ottoman Empire	≈ 905 thousand km²
13	Kazakh Khanate	≈ 740 thousand km²
14	Nogai Horde	≈ 704 thousand km²
15	Songhai Empire	≈ 629 thousand km²
16	Golden Horde	≈ 551 thousand km²
17	Vijayanagara Empire	≈ 539 thousand km²
18	Inca Empire	≈ 435 thousand km²
19	Kingdom of Hungary	≈ 410 thousand km²
20	Bahmani Kingdom	≈ 405 thousand km²
21	Ayutthaya Kingdom	≈ 394 thousand km²
22	Ethiopian Empire	≈ 392 thousand km²
23	Wattasid dynasty	≈ 386 thousand km²
24	Tahirid dynasty	≈ 378 thousand km²
25	Lan Xang	≈ 375 thousand km²
26	Crown of Castile	≈ 362 thousand km²
27	Mali Empire	≈ 346 thousand km²
28	Holy Roman Empire	≈ 346 thousand km²
29	Sengoku period	≈ 321 thousand km²
30	Bengal Sultanate	≈ 306 thousand km²
31	Khmer Empire	≈ 287 thousand km²
32	Shan States	≈ 274 thousand km²
33	Lodi dynasty	≈ 247 thousand km²
34	Kingdom of France	≈ 243 thousand km²
35	Joseon	≈ 232 thousand km²
36	Hafsid dynasty	≈ 224 thousand km²
37	Makuria	≈ 213 thousand km²
38	Kingdom of Ava	≈ 192 thousand km²
39	Lê dynasty	≈ 190 thousand km²
40	Maya civilization	≈ 188 thousand km²
41	Khanate of Kazan	≈ 171 thousand km²
42	Kingdom of England	≈ 166 thousand km²
43	Crown of Aragon	≈ 162 thousand km²
44	Astrakhan Khanate	≈ 162 thousand km²
45	Jaunpur Sultanate	≈ 159 thousand km²
46	Kashmir Sultanate	≈ 152 thousand km²
47	Adal Sultanate	≈ 149 thousand km²
48	Novgorod Republic	≈ 144 thousand km²
49	Crimean Khanate	≈ 135 thousand km²
50	Kingdom of Kongo	≈ 132 thousand km²
51	Zayyanid dynasty	≈ 126 thousand km²
52	Alodia	≈ 124 thousand km²
53	Samma dynasty	≈ 123 thousand km²
54	Aztec Empire	≈ 120 thousand km²
55	Duchy of Burgundy	≈ 120 thousand km²
56	Kapisa	≈ 117 thousand km²
57	Livonian language	≈ 116 thousand km²
58	Kingdom of Portugal	≈ 105 thousand km²
59	House of Habsburg	≈ 100 thousand km²
60	Moldavia	≈ 99 thousand km²
61	Chimor	≈ 96 thousand km²
62	Kingdom of Scotland	≈ 89 thousand km²
63	Majapahit	≈ 86 thousand km²
64	Kingdom of Mrauk U	≈ 85 thousand km²
65	Hanthawaddy kingdom	≈ 78 thousand km²
66	Palembang Sultanate	≈ 77 thousand km²
67	Wallachia	≈ 74 thousand km²
68	Michoacán	≈ 73 thousand km²
69	Haudenosaunee	≈ 72 thousand km²
70	Al-Ahsa Oasis	≈ 70 thousand km²
71	Kingdom of Naples	≈ 69 thousand km²
72	Sri Lanka	≈ 62 thousand km²
73	Kingdom of Bohemia	≈ 53 thousand km²
74	Lanna Kingdom	≈ 53 thousand km²
75	Republic of Venice	≈ 51 thousand km²
76	Shirvan	≈ 48 thousand km²
77	Samtskhe-Saatabago	≈ 43 thousand km²
78	Margraviate of Brandenburg	≈ 42 thousand km²
79	House of Valois-Anjou	≈ 39 thousand km²
80	Papal States	≈ 39 thousand km²
81	Teutonic Order	≈ 38 thousand km²
82	Duchy of Brittany	≈ 37 thousand km²
83	Duchy of Bavaria	≈ 36 thousand km²
84	Galuh Kingdom	≈ 36 thousand km²
85	County of Savoy	≈ 36 thousand km²
86	Duchy of Milan	≈ 35 thousand km²
87	House of Ascania	≈ 34 thousand km²
88	House of Bourbon	≈ 33 thousand km²
89	Beylik of Dulkadir	≈ 30 thousand km²
90	Kingdom of Kartli	≈ 28 thousand km²
91	Sunda Kingdom	≈ 27 thousand km²
92	Republic of Genoa	≈ 26 thousand km²
93	Emirate of Granada	≈ 26 thousand km²
94	Ramadanid Emirate	≈ 24 thousand km²
95	Qasim Khanate	≈ 24 thousand km²
96	Kingdom of Kakheti	≈ 23 thousand km²
97	Pskov Republic	≈ 22 thousand km²
98	County of Périgord	≈ 18 thousand km²
99	Switzerland	≈ 18 thousand km²
100	Electorate of Trier	≈ 17 thousand km²
101	Ryazan	≈ 17 thousand km²
102	County of Foix	≈ 16 thousand km²
103	Republic of Florence	≈ 14 thousand km²
104	County of Armagnac	≈ 14 thousand km²
105	Maine (province)	≈ 14 thousand km²
106	Kanem–Bornu Empire	≈ 14 thousand km²
107	County of Nevers	≈ 13 thousand km²
108	Kedah Sultanate	≈ 13 thousand km²
109	Principality of Mingrelia	≈ 13 thousand km²
110	Kingdom of Cyprus	≈ 13 thousand km²
111	Jaffna kingdom	≈ 12 thousand km²
112	Kingdom of Imereti	≈ 11 thousand km²
113	Touraine	≈ 10 thousand km²
114	Samudera Pasai Sultanate	≈ 8,675 km²
115	Kingdom of Bosnia	≈ 8,334 km²
116	Champa	≈ 8,027 km²
117	Demak Sultanate	≈ 7,452 km²
118	Tver	≈ 7,184 km²
119	Malacca Sultanate	≈ 6,939 km²
120	Vladimir-Suzdal	≈ 6,485 km²
121	Principality of Abkhazia	≈ 6,066 km²
122	Tondo (historical polity)	≈ 4,953 km²
123	Sultanate of Brunei (1368–1888)	≈ 4,799 km²
124	Mahdids	≈ 4,396 km²
125	Principality of Guria	≈ 4,180 km²
126	Comtat Venaissin	≈ 2,437 km²
127	Ryukyu Kingdom	≈ 2,186 km²
128	Despotate of Epirus	≈ 2,063 km²
129	Duchy of Styria	≈ 2,004 km²
130	Sultanate of Sulu	≈ 1,777 km²
131	Republic of Ragusa	≈ 1,540 km²
132	Namayan	≈ 1,128 km²
133	Ashikaga shogunate	≈ 979 km²
134	Auvergne	≈ 706 km²
135	Kathmandu	≈ 661 km²
136	County of Urgell	≈ 380 km²
137	Principality of Orange	≈ 141 km²

Map of this frame (only countries over 400,000 km², simplified)

New countries in this frame (4)

Kingdom of Kartli · Kapisa · Demak Sultanate · Galuh Kingdom

Countries that disappeared in this frame (7)

Oirat Confederation · Byzantine Empire · East Turkestan · Kingdom of Georgia · Duchy of Lorraine · Duchy of Saint Sava · Principality of Theodoro

Directions of expansion (6)

These are cases where one country’s land grew into another country’s former land (not actual routes of advance).

Grand Principality of Moscow → former land of Novgorod Republic, ≈ 1.42 million km²
Mongol khanate → former land of Oirat Confederation, ≈ 1.09 million km²
Moghulistan → former land of East Turkestan, ≈ 1.08 million km²
Aq Qoyunlu → former land of Timurid Empire, ≈ 1.01 million km²
Kazakh Khanate → former land of Timurid Empire, ≈ 579 thousand km²
Songhai Empire → former land of Mali Empire, ≈ 379 thousand km²

The world in AD 1475

36 events from the sources that fall in this frame, grouped by region.

China (3)

AD 1476 — Yunyang Prefecture was set up, with Xingdusi and garrisons to accommodate the Jing-Xiang refugees. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷14 成化十二年)
AD 1477 — The Western Depot was set up; the eunuch Wang Zhi directed the scouting of the border passes. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷14 成化十三年)
AD 1480 — Wang Yue raided and routed Yisimayin at Weining Lake. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史卷14 成化十六年)

Southeast Asia (9)

AD 1477 — Mansur Shah fell ill, named Husain (Alauddin) as his successor, and died. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.221)
AD 1477 — King Alauddin Shah, disguised as a thief, patrolled at night, chased down five thieves and cut them down, which gave occasion to tighten public order. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.222)
AD 1477 — The king of Haru, quarrelling with Pasai, sent the general Sri Indra to raid the coast of Malacca from Tanjung Tuan to Jugra. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.226)
AD 1477 — Off Pulau Arang, the charge of Sri Vijaya Diraja and Tun Isup destroyed Haru's fleet of 100 ships. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.227)
AD 1477 — The Malacca fleet defeated Haru's fleet at Dungun; the king of Haru asked for peace, and Paduka Tuan accepted. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.230)
AD 1477 — Sri Agar Diraja, at the instigation of the Sultan of Pahang, hired men to kill Tun Telani at Terengganu. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.231)
AD 1477 — Laksamana went to Pahang as envoy and confronted the Sultan in person over the killing of Tun Telani. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.234)
AD 1477 — The king of Siak killed people without informing Malacca, so Laksamana went to rebuke him and brought back a letter of apology. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.236)
AD 1479 — In the eighth month, the generals divided 180,000 troops into five routes to attack Ai-fen and Lu-guo, and crushed them. (Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư 本紀卷之十三「」)

Sub-Saharan Africa (3)

AD 1477 — Sunni Ali enters Kabara (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5553))
AD 1479 — Sunni Ali is at Tosoko (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5555))
AD 1480 — The Mossi king enters Biro, besieges it for a month and demands a wife (before the pursuit of the one Sunni Ali later failed to overthrow) (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5563))

Eastern Europe & Russia (2)

AD 1480 — The people of Pskov, together with the grand prince's relief force, drove out the enemy and burned Koster on the Embach river. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제6권 IV장)
AD 1480 — The German army burned the small town of Kovyli, killing about 4,000 residents, and on 20 August 1480 besieged Pskov. (Karamzin, History of the Russian State 제6권 IV장)

The Americas (19)

AD 1481 — When a son is born, Huayna Capac has a golden rope made (according to native testimony, 200 orejones could barely lift it). (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. I (vol.3, l.222))
AD 1481 — He sends demands to the people of the Chacma and Pacasmayo valleys for submission, on terms of peace or war. (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. II (vol.3, l.292))
AD 1481 — Eight valleys between Pacasmayo and Tumbes, namely Sañam, Colque, Xinto, Tucmi, Sayanca, Mutupi, Puchiu and Chulyana, also submit. (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. II (vol.3, l.300))
AD 1481 — The people of Tumbes say that among the tribes the Inca conquered on the coast, theirs was the most luxurious and dissolute. (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. II (vol.3, l.320))
AD 1481 — Huayna Capac crosses to the island (Puna) and is entertained there. (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. IV (vol.3, l.541))
AD 1481 — The people of Puna kill Huayna Capac's captains (title of Chapter 5). (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. V (vol.3, l.587))
AD 1481 — Punishment of the rebels (title of Chapter 6). (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. VI (vol.3, l.666))
AD 1481 — Huayna Capac leaves Tumbes, leaves a system of peace and war rule, and tours half the kingdom. (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. Vil (vol.3, l.753))
AD 1481 — He orders the army heading for the coast to turn back to the Chachapoyas province. (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. Vil (vol.3, l.786))
AD 1481 — The people of Chachapoyas realize their guilt and the Inca's clemency, and thereafter become loyal subjects. (Inca Garcilaso, Royal Commentaries of the Incas Libro IX cap. Vil (vol.3, l.906))

Changes of power ◆

◆ AD 1475 — Kapisa appears
◆ AD 1475 — Kingdom of Kartli appears
◆ AD 1475 — Byzantine Empire ends
◆ AD 1475 — East Turkestan ends
◆ AD 1475 — Oirat Confederation ends
◆ AD 1475 — Kingdom of Georgia ends
◆ AD 1475 — Grand Principality of Moscow takes 1,421,900 km² of former Novgorod Republic land
◆ AD 1475 — Mongol khanate takes 1,090,700 km² of former Oirat Confederation land