World map in AD 1487 — territory by country

Frame AD 1487 — world borders from AD 1487 to AD 1491. 129 countries have territory in this frame, and the largest is Mongol khanate (≈ 4.55 million km²).

Countries with territory in this frame (129, largest first)

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

New countries in this frame (2)

Habsburg monarchy · Electorate of Saxony

Countries that disappeared in this frame (4)

Vladimir-Suzdal · House of Valois-Anjou · House of Ascania · Tver

Directions of expansion (1)

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

• Kazakh Khanate → former land of Khanate of Sibir, ≈ 397 thousand km²

The world in AD 1487

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

China (4)

• AD 1487 — Xianzong died at age 41. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷14 成化二十三年)
• AD 1487 — Xiaozong (Zhu Youtang) ascended the throne; the following year was named the first year of Hongzhi. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷15 成化二十三年)
• AD 1488 — The Little Prince invaded Lanzhou, and Commander Liao Bin defeated him. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷15 弘治元年)
• AD 1488 — Turpan killed the Loyal Prince Han Shen and again occupied Hami. (History of Ming (Mingshi), Annals 明史 卷15 弘治元年)

Southeast Asia (12)

• AD 1488 — After Alauddin Shah died, Raja Muda was enthroned as Sultan Mahmud Shah. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.239)
• AD 1488 — Paduka Tuan attacked Manjung with ten ships, and by way of Beruas subjected territory as far as Perak. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.265)
• AD 1488 — Sri Maha Raja attacked Kelantan, which refused submission, took its fort and brought three princesses to Malacca. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.265)
• AD 1488 — Mahmud sent envoys to propose to the princess of Gunung Ledang (Mount Ophir), but she set impossible conditions: a golden staircase, the blood of the king, and so on. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.276)
• AD 1488 — Prince Narasinga of Indragiri, treated poorly in Malacca, fled to Indragiri and became king. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.283)
• AD 1488 — A nakhoda whose ship was returning from Kling with cloth sank in the Ceylon sea without any storm; he reached Ceylon in a lifeboat. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.285)
• AD 1488 — Laksamana Hang Tuah died, and his son-in-law Khwaja Hassan succeeded him. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.286)
• AD 1488 — With the help of an old perfume-seller woman, a nakhoda secretly carried off Tun Teja, daughter of the Pahang prime minister, and took her aboard his ship. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.299)
• AD 1488 — The sultan of Pahang pursued them to Pulau Kian, but a nakhoda's archery held him off, and the Malacca ship escaped. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.300)
• AD 1488 — Laksamana Khwaja Hassan bribed the elephant keeper in Pahang, loaded the sultan's elephant Kapinyang onto his ship, and took it to Malacca. (Malay Annals (Sejarah Melayu) Leyden 1821 p.305)

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Sub-Saharan Africa (1)

• AD 1488 — The Tosoko incident: that year the people of Timbuktu go to Hawki and stay five years (Tarikh al-Sudan (Chronicle of the Sudan) Houdas 1900 불역 장 XII (houdas1900_fr_djvu.txt 줄 5721))

Changes of power ◆

• ◆ AD 1487 — Habsburg monarchy appears
• ◆ AD 1487 — Vladimir-Suzdal ends
• ◆ AD 1487 — Kazakh Khanate takes 397,500 km² of former Khanate of Sibir land
• ◆ AD 1487 — Khanate of Sibir loses 397,500 km² to Kazakh Khanate

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