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• Sixth Century B.C.E.
  Suddhartha Gautama is born

• 486 B.C.E.
  Death of the Buddha Siddhartha Gautama

• c. 486
  The first Buddhist Council

• 269-238
  Introduction of Buddhism to Sri Landka

• Second Century C.E.
  Introduction of Buddhism to China

• 574-622
  Prince Shotoku establishes Buddhism in Japan

• c. 609-649
  King Songtsen Gampo introduces Buddhism to Tibet.

• 1141-1215
  Eisai, founds the Rinzai School of Zen in Japan.

• c.1200 C.E.
  Destruction of Buddhism in India

• 1391 C.E.
  Birth of Gendeun Drubpa, later identified as the fist Dalai Lama

• 1935 C.E.
  Birth of Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dali Lama.

• 1951
  Chinese Occupation of Tibet

• 1989
  Nobel Peace Prize presented to the Dali Lama