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Figure England thinker

Charles Dickens

1812 CE – 1870 CE · 58 years

From the blacking factory to the world stage — how a boy crushed by poverty became the most beloved novelist in the English language and changed the conscience of an empire.

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Charles Dickens on Wikipedia.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Tuʻi Tonga Empire

Attested 500 CE – 1815 CE

Trade route

Manila Galleon Return Route

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict

Russian Conquest of Central Asia

1839 CE – 1895 CE

Figure · America

John Adams

1735 CE – 1826 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Kuril Islands

Attested 1800 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict

Kokand Khanate Wars

1709 CE – 1876 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1812 CE and 1870 CE.

1839 CE Russian Conquest of Central Asia 1812 CE War of 1812 1812 CE Battle of Borodino 1813 CE Battle of Leipzig 1814 CE Argentine Civil Wars 1815 CE Mfecane (The Crushing)

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

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Landmark · Americas 3700 BCE – 1850 CE Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Napoleonic Wars Conflict · Europe 1803 CE – 1815 CE Manila Galleon Trade Trade route · East Asia 1565 CE – 1815 CE Orongo Landmark · Americas 1400 CE – 1866 CE Argentina Polity · Americas Founded 1816 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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