History Atlas
Claims this atlas currently marks as unsettled or as tested and found false. A debated fact is one scholars hold competing positions on; a debunked one has been checked against the record and found not to hold. Both are kept in view rather than quietly smoothed over, with the reasoning that put each one where it stands.
296 statements marked Debated.
Hatshepsut, Death Year-1458
Hatshepsut, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Death Year
Currently States -1458
Circa, Low Chronology per the cited source; Egyptian regnal-year chronology for this period carries acknowledged uncertainty of years to decades.
Source Wikipedia: Hatshepsut
Henry the Navigator, Death Date1460-11-13
Henry the Navigator, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Death Date
Currently States 1460-11-13
The article's own lead sentence gives 13 December 1460, but its dedicated Death and legacy section states 13 November 1460, which general historical scholarship also supports; recorded here as the better-attested date with the internal discrepancy on record.
Source Wikipedia: Prince Henry the Navigator
Henry the Navigator, BirthplacePorto (baptized there; traditionally regarded as his birthplace), though the Monastery of Leça do Balio in Leça da Palmeira is also proposed
Henry the Navigator, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birthplace
Currently States Porto (baptized there; traditionally regarded as his birthplace), though the Monastery of Leça do Balio in Leça da Palmeira is also proposed
Sources do not agree on the exact birthplace; both possibilities are near Porto during the royal couple's residence there.
Source Wikipedia: Prince Henry the Navigator
Ho Chi Minh, Birth NameNguyễn Sinh Cung
Ho Chi Minh, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Name
Currently States Nguyễn Sinh Cung
Official biographies vary on names, dates and places for Ho's early life (see the source's own statement that this is ambiguous and subject to academic debate); this value is the commonly cited figure.
Source Ho Chi Minh (Wikipedia)
Ho Chi Minh, Birth Year1890
Ho Chi Minh, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States 1890
Official biographies vary on names, dates and places for Ho's early life (see the source's own statement that this is ambiguous and subject to academic debate); this value is the commonly cited figure.
Source Ho Chi Minh (Wikipedia)
Ho Chi Minh, Birth Date1890-05-19
Ho Chi Minh, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Date
Currently States 1890-05-19
Official biographies vary on names, dates and places for Ho's early life (see the source's own statement that this is ambiguous and subject to academic debate); this value is the commonly cited figure.
Source Ho Chi Minh (Wikipedia)
Ho Chi Minh, BirthplaceNghệ An province, Annam, French Indochina
Ho Chi Minh, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birthplace
Currently States Nghệ An province, Annam, French Indochina
Official biographies vary on names, dates and places for Ho's early life (see the source's own statement that this is ambiguous and subject to academic debate); this value is the commonly cited figure.
Source Ho Chi Minh (Wikipedia)
Holodomor, Death Toll, Low Estimate3500000.000000
Holodomor, Events
Standing
Concerns Death Toll, Low Estimate
Currently States 3500000.000000
A 2003 joint statement to the United Nations signed by 25 countries cited 7 to 10 million deaths; more recent scholarship estimates a lower range of 3.5 to 5 million. This entry records the more recent scholarly range.
Source Holodomor (Wikipedia)
Holodomor, Death Toll, High Estimate5000000.000000
Holodomor, Events
Standing
Concerns Death Toll, High Estimate
Currently States 5000000.000000
A 2003 joint statement to the United Nations signed by 25 countries cited 7 to 10 million deaths; more recent scholarship estimates a lower range of 3.5 to 5 million. This entry records the more recent scholarly range.
Source Holodomor (Wikipedia)
Homer, Birth Year750 BCE
Homer, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States 750 BCE
Homer cannot be reliably dated; ancient and modern tradition places his floruit in the 8th century BCE, represented here at mid-century, not as a precise year.
Source Wikipedia: Homer
Homer, BirthplaceNo firm consensus; ancient tradition most often names Ionia, including the islands of Chios and Samos, as his home region
Homer, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birthplace
Currently States No firm consensus; ancient tradition most often names Ionia, including the islands of Chios and Samos, as his home region
Homer's birthplace was disputed even in antiquity, with several cities competing for the claim; this records the most widespread ancient tradition, not a settled fact.
Source Wikipedia: Homer
Homer, Death PlaceTraditionally said to be the island of Ios
Homer, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Death Place
Currently States Traditionally said to be the island of Ios
No account of Homer's life is independently verifiable; this reflects the most common ancient tradition about where he died, not a settled fact.
Source Wikipedia: Homer
Ibn Battuta, Death Year1368
Ibn Battuta, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Death Year
Currently States 1368
Sources give the death year as 1368 or 1369; both are recorded here as separate claims.
Source Ibn Battuta (Wikipedia)
Ibn Battuta, Death Year1369
Ibn Battuta, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Death Year
Currently States 1369
Sources give the death year as 1368 or 1369; both are recorded here as separate claims.
Source Ibn Battuta (Wikipedia)
India, Start Year1947
India, Polities
Standing
Concerns Start Year
Currently States 1947
The lead names two real, distinct founding dates: independence and partition in 1947, and the start of the federal republic in 1950, since when India has been a federal republic. Recorded here as 1947, the independence date, with 1950 named as the alternate rather than silently dropped.
Source Wikipedia: India
Iran-Iraq War, Death Toll, Low Estimate450000.000000
Iran-Iraq War, Events
Standing
Concerns Death Toll, Low Estimate
Currently States 450000.000000
Estimates for total war dead vary by source; commonly cited figures range from about 450,000 to 500,000.
Source Wikipedia: Iran-Iraq War
Iran-Iraq War, Death Toll, High Estimate500000.000000
Iran-Iraq War, Events
Standing
Concerns Death Toll, High Estimate
Currently States 500000.000000
Estimates for total war dead vary by source; commonly cited figures range from about 450,000 to 500,000.
Source Wikipedia: Iran-Iraq War
Kalidasa, Birth Year450 CE
Kalidasa, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States 450 CE
Kalidasa's exact dates are unknown; the most widely held scholarly theory associates him with the reign of Chandragupta II in the 4th-5th century CE, represented here at a midpoint century value, not a precise year.
Source Wikipedia: Kalidasa
Kalidasa, BirthplaceUjjayini (Ujjain), the theory most scholars favor, based on his affectionate literary descriptions of the city; not certain
Kalidasa, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birthplace
Currently States Ujjayini (Ujjain), the theory most scholars favor, based on his affectionate literary descriptions of the city; not certain
Kalidasa's birthplace cannot be established with certainty; Ujjayini is the theory most scholars favor, not a settled biographical fact.
Source Wikipedia: Kalidasa
Kingdom of Aksum, Start Year100
Kingdom of Aksum, Polities
Standing
Concerns Start Year
Currently States 100
The source names only "the kingdom was founded in the 1st century," no specific year; 100 AD is recorded as the century's own approximate marker, not a firmer date than the source supports.
Source Wikipedia: Kingdom of Aksum