Geoffrey Chaucer vs Timur
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Compare the life timelines of Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400) and Timur (1336–1405) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 57 years, from 1343 to 1400.
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Geoffrey Chaucer (1343–1400)
- — Born in London, England Verified
- — Captured near Reims during the Hundred Years' War and ransomed Verified
- — Began writing The Canterbury Tales
- — Appointed Clerk of the King's Works Verified
- — Died in London and was buried in Westminster Abbey Verified
Timur (1336–1405)
- — Birth of Timur near Kesh in Transoxiana Verified
- — Wounded by arrows, leaving him lame in the right leg Verified
- — Marriage to Saray Mulk Khanum, gaining the title Gurkani Verified
- — Became effective ruler of Transoxiana with his capital at Samarkand Verified
- — Decisive defeat of Tokhtamysh and the Golden Horde Verified
- — Invasion of India and the sack of Delhi Verified
- — Sack of Baghdad Verified
- — Victory over the Ottomans at the Battle of Ankara Verified
- — Death of Timur at Otrar during a campaign against Ming China Verified