Murad III
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1546 – 1595 · 49 years · Istanbul · Middle East
Reign: 1574 – 1595 (Ottoman Empire)
He ruled without leaving the palace; the Safavid war of 1578–1590 brought Georgia, Shirvan and Tabriz. He granted trade privileges to England and began the Long War with the Habsburgs.
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Portrait: 1583, Seyyd Lokman Ashuri · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
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Eastern Europe & Russia
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Middle East
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- Suleiman the Magnificent — Ottoman sultan, 52 years older
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Africa
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- Ahmad al-Mansur — Sultan of Morocco, 3 years younger
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Asia
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Americas
- Bartolomé de las Casas — friar and defender of Native Americans, 62 years older
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The world in their lifetime
- 1547 Ivan IV crowned Tsar — aged 1, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1555–1561 Saint Basil's Cathedral — aged 9, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1556 Shaanxi earthquake — aged 10, Asia
- 1556 Akbar and the Second Battle of Panipat — aged 10, Asia
- 1569 Union of Lublin — aged 23, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1571 Battle of Lepanto — aged 25, Europe
- 1572 St Bartholomew's Day Massacre — aged 26, Europe
- 1582 Gregorian calendar — aged 36, Europe
- 1582 Yermak's conquest of Sibir — aged 36, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1588 Defeat of the Spanish Armada — aged 42, Europe
- 1591 Battle of Tondibi and fall of Songhai — aged 45, Africa
- 1592–1598 Imjin War — aged 46, Asia