Tughra of Suleiman the Magnificent
AD 1520-1566 · Resource
The illuminated imperial monogram (tughra) of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent that authenticated Ottoman state decrees. The supreme emblem of Ottoman sovereignty and calligraphy.
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Around 1543
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- English Reformation (1534)
- St Peter's Basilica completed (1506)
- English Reformation ends (1559)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)
- English Reformation begins (1534)
- Death of Henry VIII (1547)
- Sistine Chapel ceiling (1508)
- Council of Trent (1545)
- William Shakespeare (1564)