Andrew Carnegie vs Empress Dowager Cixi
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Compare the life timelines of Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) and Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1835 to 1908.
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Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919)
- — Born in Dunfermline, Scotland Verified
- — Emigrated with his family to Allegheny, Pennsylvania Verified
- — Rose from telegraph messenger to superintendent at the Pennsylvania Railroad Verified
- — Opened the Edgar Thomson Steel Works Verified
- — Married Louise Whitfield Verified
- — Published 'The Gospel of Wealth' Verified
- — Homestead Strike at Carnegie Steel Verified
- — Sold Carnegie Steel to J. P. Morgan, forming U.S. Steel Verified
- — Established the Carnegie Corporation of New York Verified
- — Died in Lenox, Massachusetts 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