Foundation of Ganden Monastery
Tsongkhapa founds Ganden Monastery, which becomes a principal Gelug institution.
Historical biography archive · Updated 2026-11-03
Je Tsongkhapa Biography and Timeline
Follow Je Tsongkhapa through 3 dated historical records for Tibet.
Je Tsongkhapa, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
3Distinct records
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1409–1419Years on this page
1409
Great Prayer Festival
Tsongkhapa organises the first Great Prayer Festival at the Jokhang in Lhasa.
1419
Death of Tsongkhapa
Tsongkhapa dies at Ganden after establishing the Gelug school.
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.