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Figure United States thinker

Ernest Hemingway

1899 CE – 1961 CE · 62 years

The life of America’s most imitated writer — from the trenches of Italy to the cafés of Paris, from the bullrings of Spain to a shotgun in Idaho.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Figure · United Kingdom

Queen Victoria

1819 CE – 1901 CE

Conflict

Basmachi Movement

1916 CE – 1934 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Xinjiang

Founded 1914 CE · attested to 1945 CE

Figure · Prussia / Switzerland / Italy

Friedrich Nietzsche

1844 CE – 1900 CE

Conflict

Indonesian National Revolution

1945 CE – 1949 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1899 CE and 1961 CE.

1916 CE Basmachi Movement 1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1899 CE Second Boer War 1899 CE Boxer Rebellion 1899 CE Philippine-American War 1899 CE Thousand Days' War (Colombia)

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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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