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Adolf Hitler

1889 CE – 1945 CE · 56 years

The story of the failed artist who became the most destructive dictator in modern history — from the streets of Vienna to the ruins of Berlin.

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Running at the same time

Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Figure · Prussia / Germany

Otto von Bismarck

1815 CE – 1898 CE

Conflict

Russian Conquest of Central Asia

1839 CE – 1895 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Xinjiang

Founded 1914 CE · attested to 1945 CE

Figure · United Kingdom

Queen Victoria

1819 CE – 1901 CE

Conflict

Basmachi Movement

1916 CE – 1934 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1889 CE and 1945 CE.

1916 CE Basmachi Movement 1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1890 CE Franco-Dahomean Wars 1891 CE Batu Caves 1893 CE Matabele Wars 1894 CE First Sino-Japanese War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Panama Canal Route Trade route · Americas 1914 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing Iran Polity · Middle East Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Alive at the same time

Overlap Same years; not influence

  • Otto von Bismarck 1889 CE–1898 CE · 10 shared years
  • Queen Victoria 1889 CE–1901 CE · 13 shared years
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