Hayreddin Barbarossa vs Juan Sebastián Elcano
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Compare the life timelines of Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478–1546) and Juan Sebastián Elcano (1487–1526) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 39 years, from 1487 to 1526.
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Hayreddin Barbarossa (1478–1546)
- — Birth of Khizr, later Hayreddin, on the island of Lesbos Verified
- — Began corsair operations in the Mediterranean with his brothers Verified
- — Capture of Algiers with his brother Oruc Verified
- — Succeeded Oruc as ruler of Algiers after his brother's death Verified
- — Placed Algiers under Ottoman sovereignty Verified
- — Appointed Kapudan Pasha, grand admiral of the Ottoman navy Verified
- — Capture of Tunis for the Ottoman Empire Verified
- — Victory over the Holy League at the Battle of Preveza Verified
- — Retirement to Constantinople after a final Mediterranean campaign Verified
- — Death of Hayreddin Barbarossa in Constantinople Verified
Juan Sebastián Elcano (1487–1526)
- — Born in Getaria, in the Basque Country of Spain Verified
- — Worked as a ship owner and fought in Mediterranean campaigns
- — Joined Magellan's expedition as master of the Concepción Verified
- — Took part in the mutiny at San Julián and was pardoned Verified
- — Passed through the Strait of Magellan into the Pacific Verified
- — Took command of the Victoria after Magellan's death Verified
- — Completed the first circumnavigation of the Earth Verified
- — Granted a coat of arms with the motto 'Primus circumdedisti me' Verified
- — Joined the Loaísa expedition to the Moluccas as second-in-command Verified
- — Died at sea in the Pacific Ocean Verified