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Figure South Africa revolutionary

Nelson Mandela

1918 CE – 2013 CE · 95 years

The story of a Xhosa chief’s son who became the world’s most famous prisoner, endured twenty-seven years behind bars, and emerged to dismantle apartheid and lead a nation back from the brink of civil war.

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Landmark

Hazrat Sultan Mosque

2012 CE – 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

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Uzbekistan

Founded 1991 CE · attested to 2026 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 1918 CE and 2013 CE.

1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1992 CE Tajik Civil War 2012 CE Hazrat Sultan Mosque 1918 CE Estonian War of Independence 1918 CE Latvian War of Independence 1918 CE Polish-Ukrainian 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 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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