Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03

Yonten Gyatso Biography and Timeline

Follow Yonten Gyatso through 1 dated historical records for Tibet.

Yonten Gyatso, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

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1601–1601Years on this page

1601

Recognition of Fourth Dalai Lama

4th Dalai Lama · Lhasa · Religion / Gelug School

Yonten Gyatso is recognised and installed as the fourth Dalai Lama.

Role range: 1589-1617

Records, sources and methodology

These dates and descriptions come from the historical_events database. Exact duplicate records have been collapsed. Names are grouped by the country, Name 2 and Name 1 fields; records with missing Name 2 cannot be reliably assigned to an individual biography. Check the underlying sources before formal citation.