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.
Kingdom of Buganda, Start Year1300
Kingdom of Buganda, Polities
Standing
Concerns Start Year
Currently States 1300
Founded by oral tradition (Kato Kintu); the source names only a two-century range, not a single year. No end-year is recorded: the kingdom still exists today, restored in 1993 as a constitutional monarchy inside modern Uganda after being abolished in 1967.
Source Wikipedia: Buganda
Kingdom of Macedon, Start Year-700
Kingdom of Macedon, Polities
Standing
Concerns Start Year
Currently States -700
The source infobox gives only "c. 7th century BC" for the founding, no precise year; -700 is recorded here as the century's own approximate marker, not a firmer date than the source supports.
Source Wikipedia: Macedonia (ancient kingdom)
Krupp, Dissolved1999
Krupp, Organizations
Standing
Concerns Dissolved
Currently States 1999
Krupp did not close; in 1999 Fried. Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp merged with Thyssen AG to form ThyssenKrupp AG, ending Krupp's existence as an independent company while its operations continue within the merged firm.
Source Krupp Family and Firm (Encyclopaedia Britannica), Encyclopaedia Britannica Editors
Late Antiquity, Start Year200
Late Antiquity, Eras
Standing
Concerns Start Year
Currently States 200
Conventionally placed in the third century CE; the exact starting point is disputed and depends on which region and which historian's framework is used.
Source Wikipedia
Late Antiquity, End Year700
Late Antiquity, Eras
Standing
Concerns End Year
Currently States 700
Conventionally closed in the seventh century CE; the exact geographical and chronological scope remains a live scholarly debate.
Source Wikipedia
Lautaro, Birth Year1534
Lautaro, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States 1534
Lead infobox gives circa 1534; the Early life section states he was born in 1533; exact year unresolved.
Source Wikipedia: Lautaro
Lautaro, Birth Year1533
Lautaro, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States 1533
Body text states born in 1533, differing from the circa 1534 given in the lead section.
Source Wikipedia: Lautaro
Leif Erikson, Birth Year970
Leif Erikson, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States 970
The sagas give only an approximate decade, c. 970s, for Leif Erikson birth; no exact year is recorded anywhere.
Source Wikipedia: Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson, Death Year1018
Leif Erikson, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Death Year
Currently States 1018
The sagas do not record an exact death year. Leif is last mentioned alive in 1018 in the Saga of St Olaf; by 1025 his son had succeeded him as chieftain of the Greenland settlement per the Saga of the Sworn Brothers. 1018 is recorded here as the last year he is attested alive, not a confirmed death year.
Source Wikipedia: Leif Erikson
Li Bai, BirthplaceTraditionally said to be Suiye (Suyab) in ancient Central Asia, present-day Kyrgyzstan, though Sichuan is also proposed
Li Bai, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birthplace
Currently States Traditionally said to be Suiye (Suyab) in ancient Central Asia, present-day Kyrgyzstan, though Sichuan is also proposed
Li Bai's birthplace is disputed among scholars, with competing theories naming Sichuan and Central Asia; this follows the Central Asia (Suyab) theory as recorded in the cited source, not a settled fact.
Source Wikipedia: Li Bai
Louis V of France, Birth Year966
Louis V of France, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States 966
The Wikipedia infobox gives the birth year as either 966 or 967; 966 is recorded here as the earlier of the two candidate years.
Source Wikipedia: Louis V of France
Mahavira, Birth Year-599
Mahavira, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States -599
Negative value records 599 BCE per this atlass BCE-year convention (traditional dating); historians are uncertain and place him possibly in the 6th or early 5th century BCE.
Source Wikipedia: Mahavira
Mali Empire, End Year1670
Mali Empire, Civilizations
Standing
Concerns End Year
Currently States 1670
Mali's central authority had effectively collapsed well before this date; smaller successor polities using the Mali name persisted into the later seventeenth century, so historians differ on when to date its true end.
Source The Cambridge Medieval History
Mani, Death Year274
Mani, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Death Year
Currently States 274
Sources give two candidate death years, 274 or 277; 274 recorded here as the more commonly cited date.
Source Wikipedia: Mani (prophet)
Mansa Musa, Death Year1337
Mansa Musa, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Death Year
Currently States 1337
Arabic sources disagree on the exact year of his death, with proposals ranging from 1332 to 1337.
Source The Cambridge Medieval History
Marcus Aurelius, Death PlaceVindobona (near modern Vienna) or near Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica)
Marcus Aurelius, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Death Place
Currently States Vindobona (near modern Vienna) or near Sirmium (modern Sremska Mitrovica)
The source names two candidate locations for his death (Vindobona and near Sirmium) with no resolution between them.
Source Wikipedia: Marcus Aurelius
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Birth Date1744-02-23
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Date
Currently States 1744-02-23
The infobox itself states 23 February 1743 or 1744; sources disagree on the year. 1744 is the year most commonly cited in reference works and used here as the value of record.
Source Mayer Amschel Rothschild (Wikipedia)
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Birth Year1744
Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States 1744
Sources disagree between 1743 and 1744; see birth-date StatusNote.
Source Mayer Amschel Rothschild (Wikipedia)
Mexico, Start Year1821
Mexico, Polities
Standing
Concerns Start Year
Currently States 1821
The lead names several real, distinct constitutional milestones: independence in 1821, the first constitution in 1824, and the current 1917 constitution adopted after the Mexican Revolution. Recorded here as 1821, the independence date, with 1824 and 1917 named as the later alternates rather than silently dropped.
Source Wikipedia: Mexico
Moctezuma II, Birth Year1466
Moctezuma II, Historical Figures
Standing
Concerns Birth Year
Currently States 1466
The lead section gives circa 1466 while the infobox gives circa 1471; the lead's year is recorded here as the more specific of the two.
Source Wikipedia: Moctezuma II