Edmond Halley vs Guru Gobind Singh
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Compare the life timelines of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) and Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 42 years, from 1666 to 1708.
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Edmond Halley (1656–1742)
- — Born in Haggerston, near London Verified
- — Entered The Queen's College, Oxford Verified
- — Voyaged to Saint Helena to chart the southern stars Verified
- — Published Catalogus Stellarum Australium and elected Fellow of the Royal Society Verified
- — Married Mary Tooke Verified
- — Financed and oversaw the publication of Newton's Principia Verified
- — Appointed Savilian Professor of Geometry at Oxford Verified
- — Published A Synopsis of the Astronomy of Comets predicting the return of Halley's Comet Verified
- — Appointed Astronomer Royal Verified
- — Died at Greenwich Verified
Guru Gobind Singh (1666–1708)
- — Born in Patna, India Verified
- — Moved with his family to Anandpur in the Punjab hills Verified
- — Became the tenth Sikh Guru after his father's execution Verified
- — Fought the Battle of Bhangani against allied hill rajas Verified
- — Founded the Khalsa at Anandpur on Vaisakhi Verified
- — Evacuated Anandpur after a prolonged siege Verified
- — Lost all four of his sons in the conflict with the Mughals Verified
- — Wrote the Zafarnama, a letter of defiance to Emperor Aurangzeb Verified
- — Declared the Guru Granth Sahib the eternal Guru of the Sikhs Verified
- — Died at Nanded after an assassination attack Verified