A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE CHRONOLOGICAL EVENTS OF EUROPE AND THOSE CONNECTED WITH THE MAHOMEDAN POWER IN INDIA.
A.D. GENERAL CHRONOLOGY. TRANSOXANIA. GHIZNY. INDIA.
977 ETHELRED, King of England ABOOL MUNSOOR SAMANY, King SUBOOKTUGEEN, King JEIPAL, King of Lahore
979 EDMUND IRONSIDE, King of England First war with the Hindoos Battle of Lumghan
987 Hugh Capet, King of France
991 The present arithmetical figures brought into Europe by the Mahomedans
996 Robert I. King of France
—— Otho III. renders the German empire elective
997 NOOH, King ISMAEEL, King
998 ABDOOL MULLIK, King MAHMOOD, King
999 Boleslaus, first King of Poland Samany dynasty extinguished by Elik Khan, King of Kashghar Battle of Pishawur. — Death of Jeipal ANUNDPAL, King of Lahore
1000 Paper first manufactured in Europe
1002 Massacre of the Danes in England
1004 Bhatteea taken
1005 Hirat attacked by Elik Khan Anundpal defeated in Pishawur
1006 Elik Khan expelled from Transoxania by Mahmood
1008 Anundpal defeated a second time
1009 Mahmood invades Punjab.—Bhim taken
1010 Mahmood invades the province of Ghoor
1012 Mahmood invades Joorjistan ——— sacks Tahnesur
1013 The Danes get possession of England ——— takes Samarkand ——— invades Kashmeer. — JEIPAL II. King.
1014 ——— occupies Khwaruzm and Uzkund ——— imposes tribute on Kunowj and Merut, and spoils Mutra
1015 Parents in England forbidden by law to sell their children
1017 CANUTE THE DANE, King of England
1020 Mahmood imposes tribute on Kalunjur
1023 ——— attacks Kalunjur and Gualiar
1024 Mahmood conquers and annexes Trans-oxania to Ghizny ——— destroys Somnat, in Guzerat
1027 The Suljook Toorks first invade Trans-oxania from the north ——— destroys the Jut fleet on the Indus
1028 Mahmood conquers and annexes Persia to Ghizny
1030 Death of Mahmood. — MAHOMED, King
1031 Henry I. King of France MUSAOOD I. King
1032 Suljook Toorks conquer Transoxania
1039 Macbeth usurps the crown of Scotland ———— is defeated by the Suljook Toorks, and retires to Lahore
1040 Final expulsion of the Danes from Eng­land ———— is deposed, and killed. — MODOOD, King The Hindoos recover all the country east and south of Lahore
1043 ———— conquer Persia
1048 ———— again expelled from the Punjab
1049 MUSAOOD II. King. — ABOOL HUSSUN Ally, King
1050 ABDOOL RUSHEED, King
1052 FUROKHZAD, King
1055 ———— subvert the Caliphate
1057 Malcolm III. slays Macbeth
1058 IBRAHEEM, King
1060 Philip I. King of France
1065 Saracens expelled from Jerusalem by the Suljooks, commonly called the Turks ———— take Jerusalem
1066 WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR, King of England
1080 Doomsday book compiled. — Tower of London built
1087 WILLIAM II. King of England
1096 The first Crusade to the Holy Land
1098 MUSAOOD III. King
1100 HENRY I. King of England
1108 Louis VI. King of France
A.D. GENERAL CHRONOLOGY. GHIZNY. INDIA.
1110 Death of Edgar Atheling, last of the Saxon line
1115 Knights Templars first established ARSLAN, King. — BEIRAM, King
1124 David I. King of Scotland
1135 STEPHEN, King of England
1137 Louis VII. King of France
1139 Portugal rescued from the Mahomedans
1145 Beiram expelled by Alla-ood-Deen Ghoory Beiram makes Lahore his capital
1147 The second Crusade KHOOSROW, King of Lahore
1154 HENRY II. King of England
1160 London bridge built of stone KHOOSROW MULLIK, King
1173 Henry II. of England occupies Ireland Mahomed Ghoory invades India
1175 Mahomed Ghoory takes Oocha
1180 Philip II. King of France
1186 ————— subverts the race of Ghiznevides
1187 Saladin takes Jerusalem
1189 The third Crusade. — RICHARD I. King of England
1191 ————— carries war into the province of Dehly — takes Ajmeer
1193 ————— leaves Kootb-ood-Deen Eibuk as his lieutenant in India
1195 ————— returns to India — takes Byana, Gualiar, Kalpy, Budaoon, and Kalunjur
—— ————— invades Guzerat
1199 JOHN, King of England
1202 The fourth Crusade
1206 Death of Mahomed Ghoory
DEHLY.
1206 KOOTB-OOD-DEEN EIBUK, the first of the Mahomedan kings of Dehly
1210 ARAM, King of Dehly
1211 SHUMS-OOD-DEEN ALTMISH, King
1215 King John signs Magna Charta —————— defeats and takes prisoner Taj-ood-Deen Yeldooz
1216 HENRY III. King of England
1217 —————— defeats and slays Nasir-ood-Deen Koobacha, and occupies Mooltan
1225 —————— defeats Gheias-ood-Deen Bukhtyar Khiljy, and occupies Bengal
1231 —————— takes Gualiar from Raja Dewbul
1232 —————— takes Bhilsa and Oojein
1236 ROOKN-OOD-DEEN FEROZE, King
1237 The Tartars subdue Russia —————— deposed by his sister Ruzeea Begum
1239 Ruzeea Begum deposed, and put to death
1240 MOIZ-OOD-DEEN BEIRAM, King
1241 The Moguls invade Punjab. — Beiram deposed
1242 ALLA-OOD-DEEN MUSAOOD, King
1244 The Moguls invade Bengal from Thibet
1245 NASIR-OOD-DEEN MAHMOOD, King
1248 The fifth Crusade under St. Louis Gheias-ood-Deen Bulbun, minister
1258 The Saracen empire terminated Moguls invade Punjab, but are repulsed with great slaughter
1261 Constantinople recovered by the Greek emperors
1264 Deputies of boroughs first summoned to attend the English parliament
1266 GHEIAS-OOD-DEEN BULBUN, King
1272 EDWARD I. King of England
1273 The first of the Austrian family Em­peror of Germany
1279 —————— defeats and slays the ruler of Bengal
1282 The Sicilian vespers fatal to eight thousand French
1283 Edward I. of England conquers Wales Moguls invade Punjab, and are repulsed by the King's son, who is slain
1285 Thirteen sovereign princes, refugees from the power of Chungiz Khan, find protection at the court of Dehly
1286 KEIKOBAD, King
1288 JULAL-OOD-DEEN FEROZE KKILJY, King
1291 The Crusades end Grievous famine in India
1292 One hundred thousand Moguls invade India, and are defeated. — Oghloo Khan, and three thousand Moguls, become Mahomedans, and remain in India
1294 ALLA-OOD-DEEN KHILJY invades the Deccan — returns to Dehly — slays his uncle, the King, and usurps the throne
1296 One hundred thousand Moguls again invade India, and are defeated, with the loss of twelve thousand men
1297 Guzerat conquered and retained by the King of Dehly. — Moguls again repulsed
1298 Sir William Wallace defeated at Falkirk Two hundred thousand Moguls penetrate to Dehly, but are defeated with great slaughter
1299 The Turks found the Ottoman empire
1303 Chittoor taken. — Moguls again reach Dehly, but withdraw without fighting
—— Prices of all articles fixed at the capital
1304 Wallace betrayed to Edward, and put to death Forty thousand Moguls invade India, but are repulsed, with the loss of sixteen thousand men. — Malwa conquered and retained.
1305 Fifty-seven thousand Moguls penetrate to Dehly, but are annihilated in their retreat
1306 The Deccan invaded by a large army from Dehly under Mullik Kafoor
1307 Swiss republics established. — EDWARD II. King of England
1309 Extensive conquests in the Deccan
1311 Thirteen thousand Mogul converts massacred in one day by the King's order
1314 Edward II. of England defeated at Ba-nockburne
1315 OOMUR KHILJY, King. — MOOBARIK KHILJY, King
1321 GHEIAS-OOD-DEEN TOGHLUK I. King
1326 Behar and Bengal, as far as Chittagong, conquered by the troops of Dehly
1327 EDWARD III. King of England Moguls, under Toormooshreen Khan, invade India
1328 Ruinous consequences of making a copper currency to represent the precious metals
1333 Scots defeated at Halidown Hill
1337 An Indian army attempts to invade China, but is destroyed in the Himalaya mountains
1339 The King removes his court to Dowlutabad, in the Deccan, and compels the inhabitants of Dehly to remove thither
1340 Gunpowder invented in Europe The Moslem conquests extend to Goa, on the coast, and to the Krishna in the interior of the Deccan
1342 Dehly again becomes the capital
1343 Famine in Hindoostan
1345 Revolutions throughout the kingdom
1346 Battle of Cressy
1347 An independent king in the Deccan
1348 An independent king in Bengal
1351 FEROZE TOGHLUK
1356 Battle of Poictiers
1378 RICHARD II. King of England
1383 Cannon first employed by the English
1386 Georgia subdued by Tamerlane
1388 Feroze Toghluk dies, after leaving splendid monumental remains of his desire to improve his country
1389 GHEIAS-OOD-DEEN TOGHLUK II. King. — ABOO BUKR TOGHLUK, King, — NASIR-OOD-DEEN MAHMOOD TOGHLUK, King
1398 Invasion of India by Teimoor, or Tamerlane, who puts to death one hundred thousand prisoners in one day
1401 HENRY IV. King of England
1406 James I. King of Scotland The kingdom of Dehly limited to within a few miles of the city. — Seven independent Mahomedan kings in India
1414 HENRY V. King of England SYUD KHIZR KHAN ascends the throne as Tamerlane's lieutenant
1415 Battle of Agincourt ————— recovers a great part of the Dooab, and establishes a nominal control over the Punjab
1420 Madeira discovered by the Portuguese
1421 HENRY VI. King of England ————— dies, and is succeeded by SYUD MOOBARIK
1422 Contests with the Gukkurs in Punjab
1423 War with the King of Malwa
1425 Courts of Sessions first established in Scotland Contests with the Mewatties
1427 War with the King of Joonpoor
1428 Rebellion in Surhind. — Contests with the Gukkurs and Moguls in the Punjab
1431 The Medici established at Florence
1432 Lahore occupied by the Moguls, but subsequently retaken
1435 Death of Syud Moobarik. — SYUD MAHOMED, King
1436 The French recover Paris from the English Insurrection in Sumbhul
1440 The art of printing invented Dehly besieged by the King of Malwa, who is defeated by Bheilole Khan Lody
1446 Death of Syud Mahomed. — SYUD ALLA-OOD-DEEN, King
1447 The Sforza family established in Milan Thirteen Mahomedan kingdoms, and six principalities, all independent of each other, and of the King of Dehly
1448 Syud Alla-ood-Deen makes Budaoon his capital
1450 ————— abdicates the throne in favour of BHEILOLE LODY
1452 War with the King of Joonpoor
1453 The Turks take Constantinople
1455 Bheilole unites the six independent principalities with the kingdom of Dehly
1459 Copper-plate engraving invented
1461 HENRY VI. King of England
1472 Battles of Barnet and Tewkesbury, and the restoration of Edward IV. to the throne
1474 Portuguese discover the Cape de Verd Islands
1478 War renewed with the kingdom of Joonpoor, which is conquered and united to Dehly
1479 The kingdoms of Arragon and Castile united
1483 The crown of England usurped by RICHARD III.
1485 Battle of Bosworth, and accession of HENRY VII.
1488 Bheilole Lody dies, and is succeeded by SIKUNDUR LODY
1490 Contests with the Afghan chiefs
1491 The end of the dominion of the Moors in Spain
1492 Columbus discovers Hispaniola and Cuba
1494 ——— discovers the continent of America The exiled King of Joonpoor makes an effort to recover his dominions, but is driven into Bengal
1495 War carried into Bengal
1497 The Portuguese reach India by the Cape of Good Hope
1500 ————— discover Brazil
1505 Earthquake in Agra
1506 Hunwuntgur and Nurwur taken from the Hindoos
1509 HENRY VIII. King of England Chundery occupied by Sikundur Lody, King of Dehly
1513 The battle of Flodden
1517 Martin Luther begins to flourish Death of Sikundur Lody, and accession of IBRAHIM LODY
1521 Mexico conquered by Cortez } Continual insurrections in the state, which favour the invasion of India by the Moguls
1522 Circumnavigation of the globe first ac­complished by Magellan
1524 Sweden and Denmark embrace the re­formed religion
1526 Charles V. Emperor of Germany, and Francis I. King of France, enter into the treaty of Madrid Battle of Paniput, in which Ibrahim is slain, the dynasty of Lody is terminated, and BABUR (the first of the race entitled Great Moguls) ascends the throne of Dehly.