Historical figures in 1908
The atlas holds 37 people and 54 moments here, in 1908. The most recorded lives are Sri Aurobindo, William Howard Taft and Vladimir Lenin. Among them Writers, Political Leaders and Scientists.
Notable people
Nikita Khrushchev
in 1908
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Soviet Communist Party leader and chairman of the Council of Ministers. Khrushchev rose from industrial work in the Donbas through party posts in…
Prajadhipok
in 1908
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Prajadhipok (Rama VII) was King of Siam from 1925 until his abdication in 1935. Educated in England and trained in the military, he travelled…
Puyi
in 1908
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Puyi (1906–1967), the Xuantong Emperor, was the last emperor of Qing China and later the Kangde Emperor of Japanese-controlled Manchukuo.…
Salvador Allende
in 1908
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Chilean physician and socialist politician who served as president of Chile from 3 November 1970 until his death during the 11 September 1973 coup.…
Sigmund Freud
in 1908
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Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis. This chronology traces documented locations from his Moravian birthplace and Viennese education…
Simone de Beauvoir
in 1908
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French existentialist philosopher, writer, social theorist, and feminist activist. Born and died in Paris, Beauvoir studied philosophy in Paris,…
Soong Mei-ling
in 1908
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Soong Mei-ling, also known as Madame Chiang Kai-shek, was a Chinese political figure and wife of Chiang Kai-shek.…
Sri Aurobindo
in 1908
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Sri Aurobindo (Aurobindo Ghose) was an Indian nationalist, philosopher, poet, and yogi. His documented movements run from childhood in Bengal and…
Thomas Edison
in 1908
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American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…
Vladimir Lenin
in 1908
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Russian Marxist revolutionary, Bolshevik leader, political theorist, and founding head of government of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union.…
William Howard Taft
in 1908
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William Howard Taft was an American lawyer, judge, colonial administrator, secretary of war, 27th president of the United States, and 10th chief…
Winston Churchill
in 1908
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Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874–1965) was a British soldier, journalist, author and statesman whose career ranged from imperial campaigns in…
Yun Ch'iho
in 1908
1 moment here
Korean politician, reformer, educator, Christian leader, diarist, and later Japanese colonial collaborator.…
Moments
- 1908 Death at the Hall of Graceful Bird Empress Dowager Cixi
- 1908 Taken to the Forbidden City Puyi
- 1908 Qing enthronement Puyi
- 1908 Moved the Bolshevik center to Paris Vladimir Lenin