Alfred Russel Wallace vs Empress Dowager Cixi
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Compare the life timelines of Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913) and Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1835 to 1908.
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Alfred Russel Wallace (1823–1913)
- — Born in Llanbadoc, Wales Verified
- — Worked as a land surveyor with his brother William Verified
- — Expedition to the Amazon basin Verified
- — Lost his collections in a ship fire at sea Verified
- — Expedition through the Malay Archipelago Verified
- — Joint Darwin-Wallace paper on natural selection read at the Linnean Society Verified
- — Married Annie Mitten Verified
- — Published The Malay Archipelago Verified
- — Awarded the Order of Merit Verified
- — Died at Broadstone, Dorset Verified
Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908)
- — Born into the Manchu Yehe Nara clan Verified
- — Selected as a concubine of the Xianfeng Emperor Verified
- — Gave birth to Zaichun, the future Tongzhi Emperor Verified
- — Seized power in the Xinyou Coup Verified
- — Installed her nephew as the Guangxu Emperor and resumed the regency Verified
- — Crushed the Hundred Days' Reform and confined the Guangxu Emperor Verified
- — Backed the Boxers and fled Beijing during the Eight-Nation Alliance invasion Verified
- — Endorsed the late-Qing New Policies reforms Verified
- — Died in the Forbidden City, Beijing Verified