Figure United States leader
Abraham Lincoln
1809 CE – 1865 CE · 56 years
The self-taught frontiersman who held a nation together through its bloodiest war and ended the institution of slavery — told in Lincoln’s own voice.
On the record: Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln on Wikipedia.
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Charyn Canyon
3000 BCE – still standingPolity
Tuʻi Tonga Empire
Attested 500 CE – 1815 CETrade route
Manila Galleon Return Route
1565 CE – 1815 CEConflict
Russian Conquest of Central Asia
1839 CE – 1895 CEFigure · America
John Adams
1735 CE – 1826 CELandmark
Lake Issyk-Kul
3000 BCE – still standingPolity
Kuril Islands
Attested 1800 CE – 1815 CEConflict
Kokand Khanate Wars
1709 CE – 1876 CEDated moments inside this span
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- John Adams 1809 CE–1826 CE · 18 shared years
Image credits 7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Abraham Lincoln Alexander Gardner · Public domain
- Charyn Canyon Bgag · CC0
- Flag of Tonga (1862-1866) Thommy · Public domain
- Russian conquest of Central Asia Nikolay Karazin · Public domain
- John Adams Gilbert Stuart · Public domain
- Issyk-Kul Қайырқан Әсем · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Kuril Islands Anatoly Gruzevich, VNIRO Russia · Public domain