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Ludwig van Beethoven

1770 CE – 1827 CE · 57 years

The composer who shattered every rule of classical music, wrote his greatest works while going deaf, and gave humanity the Ninth Symphony.

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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

Figure · France

Voltaire

1694 CE – 1778 CE

Conflict

Pugachev's Rebellion

1773 CE – 1775 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Kuril Islands

Attested 1800 CE – 1815 CE

Figure · Boston / Philadelphia / Paris

Benjamin Franklin

1706 CE – 1790 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1770 CE and 1827 CE.

1773 CE Pugachev's Rebellion 1771 CE Tay Son Rebellion 1772 CE Partitions of Poland 1775 CE American Revolutionary War 1775 CE Anglo-Maratha Wars 1775 CE Battle of Bunker Hill

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

Butrint Landmark · Europe 800 BCE – 1800 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 Ragusa (Dubrovnik) Landmark · Europe 700 CE – 1808 CE Mexico Polity · Americas Founded 1810 CE · attested to 2026 CE

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