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Adolf Hitler & Henri Matisse

Did Adolf Hitler and Henri Matisse live at the same time?

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

Adolf Hitler · Henri Matisse · Born in 1889 · Born in 1869

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
1889–1945
Politics & Leadership
Nazi dictator of Germany 1933–1945
Henri Matisse
Henri Matisse
1869–1954
Art
Leader of Fauvism, master of color and cut-outs
18691954
Adolf Hitler
Henri Matisse
Adolf Hitler
Politics & Leadership
Born in Adolf Hitler's birth house
Died in Führerbunker
Henri Matisse
Art
Born in Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Died in Nice

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. Henri Matisse — Wikipedia
  4. Henri Matisse (Q5589) — Wikidata