Timeline of Sikhism
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| Date | Event |
| 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 Nanak dies and Guru Angad Dev becomes second Guru |
| 1552 | Guru Angad Dev passes away, Guruship passes to Guru Amar Das |
| 1563 | Guru Arjan Dev (5th Guru) born. |
| 1574 | Guru Amar Das passes away and guruship is passed to Guru Ram Das |
| 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. |
| 1621 | Guru Tegh Bahadar (9th Guru) born. |
| 1630 | Guru Har Rai (7th Guru) is born. |
| 1656 | Guru Har Krishan (8th Guru) is born. |
| 1666 | Guru Gobind Singh (the 10th and last human Guru) is born. |
| 1699 | Guru Gobind Singh creates the Khalsa Panth |
| 1708 | Guru Gobind Singh dies after conferring Guruship to the Guru Granth Sahib. |
| 1716 | Banda Singh Bahadar, 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 established Sikh Kingdom across Northern India. |
| June 1984 | Indian Forces storms Golden Temple. |
| May 22, 2004 | Manmohan Singh, is sworn in as the first non-Hindu Prime Minister of India |
