Building of the Taj Mahal
A tomb for a beloved wife becomes the Mughal masterpiece
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Mughal emperor Shah Jahan began building a white marble mausoleum in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Built by thousands of craftsmen, the Taj Mahal became the masterpiece of Mughal architecture.
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Meanwhile around the world (±25 years)
Europe
- 1610 Galileo's telescopic discoveries — 22 years earlier
- 1618–1648 Thirty Years' War — 14 years earlier
- 1648 Peace of Westphalia — 16 years later
- 1649 Execution of Charles I of England — 17 years later
Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1612 Minin and Pozharsky liberate Moscow — 20 years earlier
- 1613 Election of Michael Romanov as Tsar — 19 years earlier
- 1654 Pereiaslav Agreement — 22 years later
Africa
- 1624–1663 Nzinga becomes Queen of Ndongo — 8 years earlier
Americas
- 1607 Founding of Jamestown — 25 years earlier
- 1609 Jesuit reductions among the Guaraní — 23 years earlier
Alive at the time
- Galileo Galilei (aged 68)
- René Descartes (aged 36)
- Rembrandt (aged 26)
- Nur Jahan (aged 55)
- Ferdinand II (aged 54)
- Tokugawa Hidetada (aged 53)
- Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba (aged 49)
- Shah Jahan (aged 40)
- Gustavus Adolphus (aged 38)
- Michael I (aged 36)