Edgar Degas vs Empress Dowager Cixi
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Compare the life timelines of Edgar Degas (1834–1917) and Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1835 to 1908.
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Edgar Degas (1834–1917)
- — Born in Paris Verified
- — Graduated from the Lycée Louis-le-Grand Verified
- — Entered the École des Beaux-Arts Verified
- — Studied art in Italy Verified
- — Visited family in New Orleans Verified
- — Helped organize the first Impressionist exhibition Verified
- — Exhibited the sculpture Little Dancer of Fourteen Years Verified
- — Produced late series of dancers and bathers in pastel Verified
- — Died in Paris 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