1556

Akbar Takes the Mughal Throne

February 14, 1556

Thirteen years old when his father Humayun fell down the library stairs of Delhi's Purana Qila, Akbar was crowned on a scaffold in the middle of a military campaign in the Punjab. His regent Bairam Khan managed the empire until the boy king decided, at eighteen, to manage it himself.

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Also in 1556 (5 other events on record)

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Charles V Finishes Abdicating · Europe · Politics
Charles V Retires to Yuste · Europe · Politics

Before and after in South Asia

Before: May 22, 1546: Death of Sher Shah Suri
After: 1557: Akbar's Uncle Bairam Khan Regent

Before and after in Politics

Before: October 25, 1555: Charles V Begins to Abdicate
After: 1557: Akbar's Uncle Bairam Khan Regent

Era

Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Akbar