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David F. Barry, Photographer, Bismarck, Dakota Territory · Public domain
Figure Great Plains, North America leader

Sitting Bull

1831 CE – 1890 CE · 59 years

Holy man, warrior, supreme chief of the Lakota nation — the man who united the Sioux, defeated Custer at the Little Bighorn, and became the most enduring symbol of Native American resistance.

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Landmark

Charyn Canyon

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

central Asian khanates

Attested 1530 CE – 1900 CE

Conflict

Kokand Khanate Wars

1709 CE – 1876 CE

Figure · United States

James Madison

1751 CE – 1836 CE

Landmark

Lake Issyk-Kul

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity

Dutch East Indies

Attested 1650 CE – 1938 CE

Conflict

Russian Conquest of Central Asia

1839 CE – 1895 CE

Figure · United States

Andrew Jackson

1767 CE – 1845 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1831 CE and 1890 CE.

1839 CE Russian Conquest of Central Asia 1833 CE Carlist Wars 1835 CE Texan Revolution 1836 CE War of the Confederation 1836 CE Battle of the Alamo 1839 CE First Opium War

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 Greenland Polity · Americas 1880 CE – 2026 CE Musket Wars Conflict · Oceania 1807 CE – 1845 CE Atlantic Triangular Trade Trade route · Europe 1600 CE – 1850 CE Orongo Landmark · Americas 1400 CE – 1866 CE British Raj Polity · South Asia 1858 CE – 1947 CE
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