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.
On these timelines: British Museum, Resources: Combined
Around 1543
- Eighty Years' War / Dutch Revolt (1568)
- Spanish Armada (1588)
- Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519)
- Mona Lisa (1503)
- French Wars of Religion (1562)
- Spanish conquest of the Incas (1532)
- English Reformation (1533)
- The Reformation (1517)
- Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation (1519)
- Luther's 95 Theses (1517)