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Albert Einstein & Sun Yat-sen

Did Albert Einstein and Sun Yat-sen live at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Sun Yat-sen lived at the same time for 46 years, from 1879 to 1925.[1][2][3][4]

Albert Einstein · Sun Yat-sen · Born in 1879 · Born in 1866

Albert Einstein
Albert Einstein
1879–1955
Science & Invention
Theory of relativity, E=mc²
Sun Yat-sen
Sun Yat-sen
1866–1925
Politics & Leadership
Father of the Republic of China
18661955
Albert Einstein
Sun Yat-sen
Albert Einstein
Science & Invention
Born in Ulm
Died in Princeton
Sun Yat-sen
Politics & Leadership
Born in Cuiheng
Died in Peking Union Medical College Hospital

World Events During Their Overlap

1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa
1893 New Zealand becomes first country to grant women's suffrage
1896 First modern Olympic Games in Athens
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight
1905 Einstein publishes theory of special relativity
1912 Sinking of the Titanic
1914 World War I begins
1917 Russian Revolution
1918 World War I ends; Spanish flu pandemic begins
1919 Treaty of Versailles signed
1920 League of Nations established

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Sources

  1. Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
  2. Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
  3. Sun Yat-sen — Wikipedia
  4. Sun Yat-sen (Q8573) — Wikidata