Atahualpa
c. 1502 – 1533 · 31 years · Cajamarca · Americas
Won the Inca civil war against his brother Huáscar, then was captured by Pizarro at Cajamarca and executed despite a vast ransom.
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Eastern Europe & Russia
- Vasily III — grand prince who completed the unification of the Russian lands, 23 years older
Middle East
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Africa
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Asia
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Americas
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The world in their lifetime
- 1508–1512 Sistine Chapel ceiling — aged 6, Europe
- 1511 Portuguese capture of Malacca — aged 9, Asia
- 1517 Luther's Ninety-five Theses — aged 15, Europe
- 1519–1522 Magellan's circumnavigation — aged 17, Americas
- 1520–1566 Reign of Suleiman the Magnificent — aged 18, Middle East
- 1521 Fall of Tenochtitlan — aged 19, Americas
- 1526 First Battle of Panipat — aged 24, Asia
- 1526 Battle of Mohács — aged 24, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1529–1543 Ahmad Gragn invades Ethiopia — aged 27, Africa
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