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Orville Wright and Wilbur Wright (credited as photographers) [1], [2] · Public domain
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Wright Brothers

1867 CE – 1948 CE · 81 years

Two bicycle mechanics from Dayton, Ohio, who solved the problem that had defeated the world’s greatest scientists and engineers — and changed civilisation forever with twelve seconds of powered flight.

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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

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Robert E. Lee

1807 CE – 1870 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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Charles Darwin

1809 CE – 1882 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1867 CE and 1948 CE.

1916 CE Basmachi Movement 1945 CE Indonesian National Revolution 1868 CE Boshin War 1868 CE Ten Years' War 1868 CE St Mary's Cathedral 1869 CE Red River Rebellion

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 Ottoman Empire Polity · Europe 1299 CE – 1922 CE Tea Clipper Route Trade route · Europe 1850 CE – 1880 CE World War I Conflict · Europe 1914 CE – 1918 CE Parícutin Volcano Landmark · Americas 1943 CE – still standing Iran Polity · Middle East Founded 1920 CE · attested to 2026 CE
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