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Bridgeman Art Library : Object 2990143 · Public domain
Figure Prussia / Germany leader

Otto von Bismarck

1815 CE – 1898 CE · 83 years

The story of the Prussian Junker who united Germany through three wars, built the most intricate alliance system Europe had ever seen, and invented the welfare state.

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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

Tuʻi Tonga Empire

Attested 500 CE – 1815 CE

Trade route

Manila Galleon Return Route

1565 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict

Kokand Khanate Wars

1709 CE – 1876 CE

Figure · America

John Adams

1735 CE – 1826 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Kuril Islands

Attested 1800 CE – 1815 CE

Conflict

Russian Conquest of Central Asia

1839 CE – 1895 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1815 CE and 1898 CE.

1839 CE Russian Conquest of Central Asia 1815 CE Mfecane (The Crushing) 1815 CE Battle of Waterloo 1816 CE Rise of the Zulu Kingdom (Mfecane) 1817 CE Seminole Wars 1817 CE Cisplatine Province conflicts

And in the rest of the world

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

Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump Landmark · Americas 3700 BCE – 1850 CE Argentina Polity · Americas Founded 1816 CE · attested to 2026 CE Napoleonic Wars Conflict · Europe 1803 CE – 1815 CE Manila Galleon Trade Trade route · East Asia 1565 CE – 1815 CE Orongo Landmark · Americas 1400 CE – 1866 CE Brazil Polity · Americas Founded 1822 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Alive at the same time

Overlap Same years; not influence

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