Carl Friedrich Gauss vs Sacagawea
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Compare the life timelines of Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) and Sacagawea (1788–1812) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 24 years, from 1788 to 1812.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855)
- — Born in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel Verified
- — Studied at the University of Gottingen Verified
- — Proved the constructibility of the regular 17-gon Verified
- — Published Disquisitiones Arithmeticae Verified
- — Computed the orbit of the asteroid Ceres Verified
- — Married Johanna Osthoff Verified
- — Appointed director of the Gottingen Observatory Verified
- — Led the geodetic survey of the Kingdom of Hanover Verified
- — Built an early electromagnetic telegraph with Wilhelm Weber Verified
- — Died in Gottingen Verified
Sacagawea (1788–1812)
- — Born among the Lemhi Shoshone Verified
- — Captured by a Hidatsa raiding party Verified
- — Became a wife of Toussaint Charbonneau Verified
- — Gave birth to Jean Baptiste Charbonneau at Fort Mandan Verified
- — Departed Fort Mandan with the Lewis and Clark Expedition Verified
- — Reunited with her brother Cameahwait and secured horses for the expedition Verified
- — Reached the Pacific coast and saw the ocean Verified
- — Returned to the Hidatsa villages as the expedition ended Verified
- — Died at Fort Manuel Lisa, in present-day South Dakota Verified