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Humayun

second Mughal emperor from 1530 to 1540 and 1555 to 1556

9 dated entries naming Humayun, drawn from 8 separate years between 1508 CE and 1556 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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16th century

  • 1508March 6 – Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muhammad, emperor of the Mughal Empire (d. 1556)source
  • 1526February 25 – The Battle of Hisar Firoza is fought in what is now the Indian state of Haryana, between the Mughal Empire (whose army is led by Prince Humayun) and the Delhi Sultanate, led by Hamid Khan. Humayun, in his first command, leads the Mughals to victory.source
  • 1530December 26 – Humayun starts to rule the Mughal Empire after Babur's death.source
  • 1535Mughal Emperor Humayun gives battle to Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.source
  • 1539June 26 – Battle of Chausa in modern-day Buxar, India: Sher Shah Suri defeats the Mughal emperor, Humayun (Sher Shah goes on to form the Sur Empire, and take control of nearly all Mughal territory).source
  • 1545November 15 – (10 Ramadan 952 AH) Hamida Banu Begum, Empress consort of India's Mughal Empire and wife of the Emperor Humayun, returns to the capital, Agra, after a three-year absence. She is accompanied by an army provided to Humayun by Tahmasp I, Shah of Iran.source
  • 1555Humayun resumes rule of the Mughal Empire.source
  • 1556January 24 – In India, at the Sher Mandal in Delhi, the Mughal Emperor Humayun trips while descending the stairs from his library and strikes the side of his head against a stone step, sustaining a fatal injury. He never regains consciousness and dies seven days later.source
  • 1556January 27 – Humayun, 2nd Mughal Emperor (b. 1508)source

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