Jean Racine vs Matsuo Bashō
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Compare the life timelines of Jean Racine (1639–1699) and Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 50 years, from 1644 to 1694.
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Jean Racine (1639–1699)
- — Born in La Ferté-Milon Verified
- — Educated at the Jansenist schools of Port-Royal Verified
- — First staged tragedy, La Thébaïde, produced by Molière's troupe Verified
- — Triumph of Andromaque Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Premiere of Phèdre Verified
- — Appointed royal historiographer to Louis XIV Verified
- — Married Catherine de Romanet Verified
- — Wrote the biblical dramas Esther and Athalie for Saint-Cyr Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694)
- — Born near Ueno in Iga Province Verified
- — Entered the service of Tōdō Yoshitada and began composing haikai Verified
- — Moved to Edo to pursue poetry professionally Verified
- — Settled in the bashō hut and adopted his pen name Verified
- — Undertook the journey recorded in Journal of a Weather-Beaten Skeleton Verified
- — Composed the famous frog haiku Verified
- — Set out on the journey of Oku no Hosomichi Verified
- — Completed the manuscript of The Narrow Road to the Deep North Verified
- — Died in Osaka at about age 50 Verified