Figure India / South Africa revolutionary
Mahatma Gandhi
1869 CE – 1948 CE · 79 years
The frail man in a loincloth who brought the British Empire to its knees without raising a fist — and changed the meaning of courage forever.
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Charyn Canyon
3000 BCE – still standingPolity
central Asian khanates
Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CEConflict
Kokand Khanate Wars
1709 CE – 1876 CE.jpg/500px-Robert_Edward_Lee_(3x4_cropped).jpg)
Figure · United States
Robert E. Lee
1807 CE – 1870 CE
Landmark
Lake Issyk-Kul
3000 BCE – still standing
Polity
Xinjiang
Founded 1914 CE · attested to 1945 CE
Conflict
Russian Conquest of Central Asia
1839 CE – 1895 CE
Figure · England
Charles Darwin
1809 CE – 1882 CEDated moments inside this span
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- Robert E. Lee 1869 CE–1870 CE · 2 shared years
- Charles Darwin 1869 CE–1882 CE · 14 shared years
Image credits 7 pictures from Wikimedia Commons
- Mahatma Gandhi Elliott & Fry · Public domain
- Charyn Canyon Bgag · CC0
- Robert E. Lee Julian Vannerson · Public domain
- Issyk-Kul Қайырқан Әсем · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Xinjiang HaziiDozen · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Russian conquest of Central Asia Nikolay Karazin · Public domain
- Charles Darwin Charles_Darwin_seated.jpg : Henry Maull (1829–1914) and John Fox (1832–1907) (Maull & Fox… · Public domain
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