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Guillermo Kahlo · Public domain
Figure Mexico artist

Frida Kahlo

1907 CE – 1954 CE · 47 years

The story of the woman who turned a shattered body into the most unforgettable canvas of the twentieth century — from the Blue House in Coyoacán to the galleries of New York and Paris.

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Frida Kahlo on Wikipedia.

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Records whose own span overlaps this one, found by the same test the canvas draws with. The bar under each card is where it sits inside this one.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Xinjiang

Founded 1914 CE · attested to 1945 CE

Figure · United States

Thomas Edison

1847 CE – 1931 CE

Conflict

Basmachi Movement

1916 CE – 1934 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Dutch East Indies

Attested 1650 CE – 1938 CE

Figure · Serbia / United States

Nikola Tesla

1856 CE – 1943 CE

Conflict

Indonesian National Revolution

1945 CE – 1949 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1907 CE and 1954 CE.

1916 CE Basmachi Movement 1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1907 CE Washington National Cathedral 1908 CE Our Lady of Lebanon 1910 CE Mexican Revolution 1911 CE Italo-Turkish War

And in the rest of the world

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

Christ the Redeemer Landmark · Americas 1931 CE – still standing Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 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 Iran Polity · Middle East Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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