Born
1336
Died
1405
Nationality
Turco-Mongol
Events involving Timur (Tamerlane) (7)
1370
ID: 4748
Timur seizes power in Transoxiana - claims descent from Genghis Khan, begins rebuilding Mongol Empire
ID: 4748
1380
ID: 4749
Timur begins western campaigns - conquers Persia, uses terror tactics exceeding even Mongols
ID: 4749
1395
ID: 4750
Timur defeats Golden Horde - destroys Toqtamysh's army, breaks Mongol power in Russia
ID: 4750
1398
ID: 4751
Timur sacks Delhi - massacres 100,000 Hindu prisoners before battle, builds pyramid of skulls
ID: 4751
1401
ID: 4752
Timur destroys Damascus and Baghdad - depopulates Syria, builds towers of 20,000 skulls
ID: 4752
1402
ID: 4753
Battle of Ankara - Timur captures Ottoman Sultan Bayezid I, saves Constantinople for 50 years
ID: 4753
1405
ID: 4754
Death of Timur - dies invading China in winter, empire fragments, estimated 17 million killed in campaigns
ID: 4754