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Adolf Hitler & George Bernard Shaw

Did Adolf Hitler and George Bernard Shaw live at the same time?

Yes. Adolf Hitler and George Bernard Shaw lived at the same time for 56 years, from 1889 to 1945.[1][2][3][4]

Adolf Hitler · George Bernard Shaw · Born in 1889 · Born in 1856

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
1889–1945
Politics & Leadership
Nazi dictator of Germany 1933–1945
George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
1856–1950
Literature
Irish playwright of Pygmalion
18561950
Adolf Hitler
George Bernard Shaw
Adolf Hitler
Politics & Leadership
Born in Adolf Hitler's birth house
Died in Führerbunker
George Bernard Shaw
Literature
Born in Dublin
Died in Ayot St Lawrence

World Events During Their Overlap

1893 New Zealand becomes first country to grant women's suffrage
1896 First modern Olympic Games in Athens
1898 Spanish-American War
1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight
1905 Einstein publishes theory of special relativity
1912 Sinking of the Titanic
1914 World War I begins
1917 Russian Revolution
1918 World War I ends; Spanish flu pandemic begins
1919 Treaty of Versailles signed
1920 League of Nations established
1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin
1929 Wall Street Crash; Great Depression begins
1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany
1936 Spanish Civil War begins
1939 World War II begins
1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; US enters WWII
1944 D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy
1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; WWII ends
1945 United Nations founded

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Sources

  1. Adolf Hitler — Wikipedia
  2. Adolf Hitler (Q352) — Wikidata
  3. George Bernard Shaw — Wikipedia
  4. George Bernard Shaw (Q19185) — Wikidata