History – key dates (Main page)

Year	Country	Key event/s
2500 and 600 BC	India	Vedas drafted
599 BC or 615 BC	India	Mahavira born
563 BCE to 483 BCE	India	Buddha (ie. Buddha comes AFTER Mahavira)
8–2 BC to 29–36 AD	Israel	Christ Jesus
570-632	Arabia	Mohammad founds Islam
1206-1290	India	Slave dynasty
1215	England	Magna Carta
1440-1518	India	Kabir - the child of Allah and of Ram. The major part of Kabir's work was collected by the fifth Sikh guru, Guru Arjun Dev, and forms a section of Guru Granth Sahib.
1469–1539	India	Nanak
1526	India	First Battle of Panipat. Babur defeats the Lodhi sultan.
1530	India	Babur died in 1530 at Agra. Humayun ascends.
1556	India	Humayun dies from a fall down the steps of his library. 13 year old Akbar ascends. Bairam Khan acts on his behalf.
1532-1623	India	Gosvāmī Tulsīdās – contemporary of Akbar
1556-1627	India	Rahim one of Akbar’s Navratnas
1588	UK	Defeat of the Spanish Armada
1600	India	East India Company sends ambassador to Akbar.
1605	India	Akbar dies. Jahangir ascends.
1628	India	Jahangir dies. Shah Jahan ascends
1642-1648	UK	English Civil War
1649	UK	Charles I beheaded
1658	India	Aurangzeb vanquishes brothers and ascends. Confines Shah Jahan till his death in 1666.
1621-1675	India	Teg Bahadur, executed by Aurangzeb
1688	UK	Glorious Revolution
1707	India	Aurangzeb dies.
1757	India	Battle of Plassey
1770	Australia	James Cook makes landfall at Botany Bay on Endeavour
1776	UK	Adam Smith publishes An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
1776	USA	July 4. Declaration of Independence
1788	Australia	Landing of the First Fleet
1789	France	French Revolution
1820s	India	Raja Ram Mohun Roy’s writings
1854	Australia	Eureka Stockade
1857	India	Mutiny
1861-1865	USA	American Civil War
1930	India	Dandi march
1947	India	Independence
1968	USA	Martin Luther King Jr shot dead