
| A.D. | |
| 1556 | Battle of Panipat: Akbar king of Delhi. |
| 1560–2 | Jaunpur, Malwa, Burhanpur annexed. |
| 1567 | Akbar storms Chitor. |
| 1569 | Founding of Fathpur-Sikri. |
| 1572–3 | Gujarat annexed. |
| 1574 | The Hall of Worship built at Fathpur-Sikri. |
| 1575 | Conquest of Bengal. |
| 1582 | Todar Mal makes a new assessment of lands. |
| 1587 | Kashmir, 1592 Sind, 1594 Kandahar annexed. |
| 1599 | Conquest of Ahmadnagar in the Deccan. |
| 1600 | Conquest of Asir in Khandesh. |
| 1600 | Incorporation of the first East India Company. |
| 1605 | Death of Akbar. |
| 1609–11 | Hawkins at the court of Jahangir : English factory at Surat. |
| 1615–18 | Sir Thomas Roe’s embassy to Jahangir. |
| 1616 | Shah Jahan’s campaign in the Deccan. |
| 1622 | Kandahar taken by Persia, recovered 1637, lost again 1648. |
| 1623 | Pietro della Valle in India. |
| 1624 | Rebellion of Shah Jahan against Jahangir and Nur Jahan. |
| 1627 | Death of Jahangir. |
| 1631 | Suppression of the Portuguese at Hugli. |
| 1635 | Shah Jahan reduces Bijapur to tributary dependence. |
| 1638 | Mandelslo at Agra. |
| 1640 | Manrique in India. |
| 1646 | Death of Nur Jahan. |
| 1648 | Completion of the Taj Mahal at Agra. |
| A.D. | |
| 1648 | New Delhi, Shahjahanabad, built. |
| 1648 | Sivaji raids the Konkan. |
| 1649–52 | Aurangzib fails to recover Kandahar from the Persians. |
| 1655 | Aurangzib viceroy in the Deccan. |
| 1656 | Golkonda attacked; Bidar and Kulbarga annexed. |
| 1658 | War of succession : battle of Samugarh. |
| 1659 | Accession of Aurangzib: death of Shah Jahan, 1666. |
| 1659–66 | Bernier at the court of Aurangzib. |
| 1665 | Tavernier in India. |
| 1666 | Suppression of Portuguese pirates in Arakan. |
| 1671 | Sivaji sacks Surat : Marathas supreme in the Deccan. |
| 1672 | Satnami rebellion in Mewat. |
| 1676 | Reimposition of the jizya, or poll-tax. |
| 1680 | War with the Raj puts. |
| 1681 | Aurangzib takes Command against the Marathas. |
| 1686 | Fall of Bijapur, and 1687 of Golkonda. |
| 1695 | Gemelli Careri at Aurangzib’s camp in the Deccan. |
| 1707 | Death of Aurangzib. |
| 1708 | Revolt of the Sikhs. |
| 1738 | The Marathas advance to Delhi. |
| 1739 | Nadir Shah sacks Delhi. |
| 1748 | Afghan invasion under Ahmad Shah routed at Sirhind. |
| 1756 | Ahmad Shah sacks Delhi. |
| 1757 | Battle of Plassey: Clive defeats the Nawab. |
| 1761 | Battle of Panipat : defeat of the Marathas. |
| 1764 | Battle of Baxar: the Great Moghul becomes a pensioner of the East India Company. |
This collection transcribed by Chris Gage
