Adam Mickiewicz vs Alessandro Volta
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Compare the life timelines of Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855) and Alessandro Volta (1745–1827) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 29 years, from 1798 to 1827.
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Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855)
- — Born in Zaosie near Navahrudak Verified
- — Studied at the Imperial University of Vilnius Verified
- — Worked as a schoolteacher in Kaunas Verified
- — Published Ballads and Romances, launching Polish Romanticism Verified
- — Arrested and exiled to central Russia Verified
- — Settled in Paris as an emigre Verified
- — Published the national epic Pan Tadeusz Verified
- — Married Celina Szymanowska Verified
- — Appointed professor of Slavic literature at the College de France Verified
- — Died in Constantinople Verified
Alessandro Volta (1745–1827)
- — Born in Como, Lombardy Verified
- — Became professor of physics at the Royal School in Como Verified
- — Invented an improved electrophorus Verified
- — Discovered and isolated methane Verified
- — Appointed professor of experimental physics at the University of Pavia Verified
- — Married Teresa Peregrini Verified
- — Invented the voltaic pile, the first electric battery Verified
- — Demonstrated the battery before Napoleon in Paris Verified
- — Retired to his estate near Como Verified
- — Died in Como Verified