Koxinga vs Otto von Guericke
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Compare the life timelines of Koxinga (1624–1662) and Otto von Guericke (1602–1686) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 38 years, from 1624 to 1662.
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Koxinga (1624–1662)
- — Born in Hirado, Japan Verified
- — Moved from Japan to Fujian, China Verified
- — Enrolled at the Imperial Academy in Nanjing Verified
- — Received the imperial surname from the Longwu Emperor Verified
- — Took command of Ming loyalist resistance against the Qing Verified
- — Failed siege of Nanjing Verified
- — Besieged Fort Zeelandia and expelled the Dutch from Taiwan Verified
- — Founded the Kingdom of Tungning on Taiwan Verified
- — Died on Taiwan Verified
Otto von Guericke (1602–1686)
- — Born in Magdeburg Verified
- — Studied law, mathematics, and engineering at Leipzig, Jena, and Leiden Verified
- — Survived the Sack of Magdeburg Verified
- — Elected mayor of Magdeburg Verified
- — Invented the vacuum pump Verified
- — Performed the Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration Verified
- — Built an early electrostatic generator Verified
- — Published Experimenta Nova Magdeburgica Verified
- — Retired to Hamburg Verified
- — Died in Hamburg Verified