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Eleanor Roosevelt

1884 CE – 1962 CE · 78 years

Orphan, longest-serving First Lady, architect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the woman Harry Truman called the ‘First Lady of the World.’

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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 1884 CE and 1962 CE.

1916 CE Basmachi Movement 1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1884 CE Sino-French War 1885 CE Northwest Rebellion 1886 CE Samoan Civil Wars 1886 CE Neuschwanstein Castle

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

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Tibet Polity · South Asia 1000 CE – 1960 CE Tea Horse Road Trade route · East Asia 700 CE – 1950 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE
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