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Figure United States thinker

Edgar Allan Poe

1809 CE – 1849 CE · 40 years

The orphan who invented detective fiction, mastered the art of horror, and died in a Baltimore gutter wearing a stranger’s clothes — the most haunted life in American letters, told in his own words.

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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

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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

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1839 CE Russian Conquest of Central Asia 1809 CE Battle of Wagram 1810 CE Mexican War of Independence 1810 CE Argentine War of Independence 1810 CE Chilean War of Independence 1810 CE Venezuelan War of Independence

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Acapulco Landmark · Americas 1565 CE – 1815 CE Canada Polity · Americas Founded 1815 CE · attested to 2026 CE Hawaiian Unification Wars Conflict · Americas 1782 CE – 1810 CE Manila Galleon Trade Trade route · East Asia 1565 CE – 1815 CE Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral Landmark · Americas 1573 CE – 1813 CE Mexico Polity · Americas Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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