Akbar the Great vs Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Compare the life timelines of Akbar the Great (1542–1605) and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 62 years, from 1543 to 1605.
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Akbar the Great (1542–1605)
- — Born in Umerkot, Sindh Verified
- — Became Mughal emperor at age thirteen Verified
- — Began building the new capital of Fatehpur Sikri
- — Promulgated the syncretic faith Din-i Ilahi
- — Died in Agra Verified
Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543–1616)
- — Born at Okazaki Castle in Mikawa Province Verified
- — Sent as a child hostage, spending his youth with the Oda and Imagawa clans Verified
- — Regained independence after the Battle of Okehazama Verified
- — Formed an alliance with Oda Nobunaga Verified
- — Transferred to the Kanto region and made Edo his base Verified
- — Won the Battle of Sekigahara Verified
- — Appointed shogun, founding the Tokugawa shogunate Verified
- — Abdicated the shogunate to his son Tokugawa Hidetada Verified
- — Destroyed the Toyotomi clan at the Siege of Osaka Verified
- — Died at Sunpu Castle Verified