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• 1469
  Birth of Guru Nanak (founder of Sikhism).

• 1479
  Guru Amar Das (3rd Guru) born.

• 1504
  Guru Angad (2nd Guru) born.

• 1520
  Mughul Emperor Babar invades India, Guru Nanak witnessed massacres and critises ruler.

• 1526
  Muslims conquer Northern India leading to the founding of the Mughal Empire.

• 1534
  Guru Ram Das (4th Guru) born.
  He established town of Amristar.

• 1539
  Guru Nanak dies.

• 1563
  Guru Arjan Dev (5th Guru) born.
  He compiled the First Sikh scripture.

• 1595
  Guru Hargobind (6th Guru) born.

• 1621
  Guru Tegh Bahabur (9th Guru) born.
  He established the city of Anandpur.

• 1630
  Guru Har Rai (7th Guru) is born.

• 1656
  Guru Har Krishan (8th Guru) is born.
  Died at the age of 8.

• 1666
  Guru Gobind Singh (the 10th and last human Guru) is born.

• 1699
  Guru Gobind Singh creates the Khalsa Panth and fought wars against Mughul regime.

• 1708
  Guru Gobind Singh dies after conferring Guruship to the Guru Granth Sahib (scripture).

• 1757
  Ahmad Shah Abdali blows up Harmandar Sahib, the Golden Temple.

• 1769
  Sikhs repel Afghan invaders to become an important political power in Panjab.

• 1799
  Ranjit Singh, a Sikh ruler, captures Lahore.

• 1800
  Ranjit Singh established Sikh Kingdom across Northern India based on secular ideals.

• 1849
  Two Anglo-Sikh wars fought. Panjab becomes last region to be annexed under British rule.

• 1947
  India and Pakistan become separate independent nations dividing Panjab. Sikhs settle in West Panjab, India. From 1947 to 1984 Sikhs have consistently demanded recognition of their rights according to the Indian consistution, which had been denied.

• 1984
  On the pretext of terrorism, the Indian government invaded the Darbar Sahib killing thousands of innocent Sikhs and destroying the Akaal Takht. This resulted in the assassination of Indira Gandhi by her Sikh bodyguards.

• 1999
  Global Tercentenary celebrations, marking 300 years of the Birth of the Khalsa.

• 2004
  400th commemoration year of the Sikh scripture (Adi Granth), first installed in Harmandar Sahib in 1604 by the Fifth Guru.