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Winston Churchill

1874 CE – 1965 CE · 91 years

The definitive biography of Britain’s wartime leader — from cavalry charges at Omdurman to the Blitz, from Gallipoli’s disaster to the triumph of D-Day.

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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 · England

Charles Darwin

1809 CE – 1882 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

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Richard Wagner

1813 CE – 1883 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1874 CE and 1965 CE.

1916 CE Basmachi Movement 1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1874 CE Ethiopian–Egyptian War 1876 CE Great Sioux War 1876 CE Battle of Little Bighorn 1877 CE Russo-Turkish War (1877–1878)

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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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