Empress Dowager Cixi vs Gustave Eiffel
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Compare the life timelines of Empress Dowager Cixi (1835–1908) and Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 73 years, from 1835 to 1908.
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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
Gustave Eiffel (1832–1923)
- — Born in Dijon, France Verified
- — Graduated from the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures in Paris Verified
- — Supervised construction of the Bordeaux railway bridge Verified
- — Married Marguerite Gaudelet Verified
- — Founded his own engineering workshops at Levallois-Perret Verified
- — Engineered the internal structure of the Statue of Liberty Verified
- — Completed the Garabit Viaduct Verified
- — Built the Eiffel Tower for the 1889 Exposition Universelle Verified
- — Turned to scientific research in meteorology and aerodynamics Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified