Timeline of Sikhism

Date	Event
1398	Birth of Bhagat Kabir Ji.
1448 ?	Bhagat Kabir Ji passes away.
1469	Birth of Guru Nanak Dev
1479	Guru Amar Das (3rd Guru) born.
1504	Guru Angad (2nd Guru) born.
1534	Guru Ram Das (4th Guru) born.
1539	Guru Angad Dev becomes second Guru. Guru Nanak passes away.
1552	Guru Amar Das becomes third Guru. Guru Angad Dev passes away.
1563	Guru Arjan Dev (5th Guru) born.
1574	Guru Ram Das becomes the fourth Guru. Guru Amar Das passes away.
1574	Harimandir Sahib (Golden Temple) built in Amritsar
1581	Guru Arjan Dev becomes Guru. Guru Ram Das passes away.
1595	Guru Hargobind (6th Guru) born.
1604	First installation of Adi Granth at Harimandir Sahib by Guru Arjan Dev
1606	Torture and martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev by the Mughals.
1606	Guru Hargobind becomes sixth Guru and first to wear swords of Miri & Piri.
1621	Guru Tegh Bahadar (9th Guru) born.
1630	Guru Har Rai (7th Guru) is born.
1644	Guru Har Rai becomes the Seventh Guru. Guru Hargobind passes away.
1656	Guru Har Krishan (8th Guru) is born.
1661	Guru Har Krishan becomes the eighth Guru at 5 years of age. Guru Har Rai passes away.
1665	Guru Tegh Bahadar becomes the ninth Guru. Guru Har Krishan passes away aged 8.
1666	Guru Gobind Singh (the 10th and last human Guru) is born.
1675	Guru Gobind Singh become final human Guru. Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadar by the Mughal Aurangzeb.
1699	Guru Gobind Singh creates the Khalsa Panth
1708	Guru Gobind Singh dies after conferring Guruship to the Guru Granth Sahib.
1716	Banda Singh Bahadur, Sikh military leader, executed with followers in Delhi.
1761	Sikhs take the capital city of Lahore, Pakistan from the Mughal governor
1769	Sikhs repel Afghan invaders to become an important political power in Panjab.
1799	Ranjit Singh, captures Lahore and establishes Sikh Kingdom across Northern India.
June 1984	Indian Forces storm The Golden Temple.

External links

• SGPC - Events that shaped Sikh History

• SIKH TIME LINE

• SIKH HISTORY TIME LINE