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Figure United States leader

Ulysses S. Grant

1822 CE – 1885 CE · 63 years

From a tanner’s son to the general who broke the Confederacy — and the president who fought to protect the rights of four million freed people.

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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 · America

John Adams

1735 CE – 1826 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 · America

Thomas Jefferson

1743 CE – 1826 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1822 CE and 1885 CE.

1839 CE Russian Conquest of Central Asia 1822 CE Brazilian War of Independence 1824 CE Anglo-Burmese Wars 1824 CE Anglo-Ashanti Wars 1824 CE Notre-Dame Basilica of Montreal 1825 CE Argentine-Brazilian 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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