Figure Germany / Switzerland / United States scientist
Albert Einstein
1879 CE – 1955 CE · 76 years
The story of the patent clerk who reimagined the universe — from the streets of Munich to Princeton, from relativity to the atomic age.
On the record: Albert Einstein
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Albert Einstein on Wikipedia.
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Landmark
Charyn Canyon
3000 BCE – still standingPolity
central Asian khanates
Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CEFigure · England
Charles Darwin
1809 CE – 1882 CEConflict
Russian Conquest of Central Asia
1839 CE – 1895 CELandmark
Lake Issyk-Kul
3000 BCE – still standingPolity
Xinjiang
Founded 1914 CE · attested to 1945 CEFigure · Germany
Richard Wagner
1813 CE – 1883 CEConflict
Basmachi Movement
1916 CE – 1934 CEDated moments inside this span
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Alive at the same time
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- Charles Darwin 1879 CE–1882 CE · 4 shared years
- Richard Wagner 1879 CE–1883 CE · 5 shared years
Image credits 8 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Albert Einstein Oren Jack Turner · Public domain
- Charyn Canyon Bgag · CC0
- Charles Darwin Charles_Darwin_seated.jpg : Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907) (Maull & Fox… · Public domain
- Russian conquest of Central Asia Nikolay Karazin · Public domain
- Issyk-Kul Қайырқан Әсем · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Xinjiang HaziiDozen · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Richard Wagner Franz Hanfstaengl · Public domain
- Basmachi movement Артур Васильевич Гулян (Рильский) 1895—1927 год. · Public domain