#1 Frozen came out the same year Mississippi officially abolished slavery.
Image source: ItsGotThatBang, Disney
#2 My favourite that I’ve seen: When Harvard opened, they didn’t have calculus classes because calculus hadn’t been invented yet.
Image source: DJBlok, Emily Karakis
#3 Oxford University celebrated its 200th graduating class by the time the Aztec Empire started in Central America.
Image source: LambertonRegistry, Ben Seymour
#4 The last execution by guillotine occurred on September 10th, 1977.
Image source: SleeplessShitposter, Paul Glazzard The Atari 2600, the first successful home video game console, released the very next day. In a sense, the boundary separating the “era of guillotines” and the “era of video games” is less than 24 hours. It’s basically a fine line with no overlap.
#5
People walked on the moon before we put wheels on a suitcase Image source: Blythyvxr
#6 In 1922, Betty White and the Ottoman Empire both existed.
Image source: Glade_Runner, Angela George
#7 The last mammoths lived at the time the pyramids were under construction.
Image source: Hopeful_Mecha_Angel, Andrés Dallimonti
#8 I watched the first moon landing with a woman who’d been in Paris for Lindbergh’s first transcontinental flight landing.
Image source: zestyspleen, NASA Edit: wow this blew up! And my first award!! Trippy, thanks—and I owe it all to Mrs. B.
#9 Nintendo was founded when Jack the Ripper was roaming the streets of London.
Image source: SublimeVibe, Alvaro Reyes
#10
Women in Switzerland got right to vote in 1971 when India was already having a woman prime minister ! Image source: sumidawasi
#11 The Qing Dynasty of China collapsed in 1912, the same year as the Titanic disaster.
Image source: TailsxCream4Eva, Clay Banks
#12 William Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive at the same time.
Image source: Dabrigstar, Taha
#13 Pablo Picasso died the same year Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” was released.
Image source: PrescottEagle, Beatriz Miller
#14 The Titanic maiden voyage happened the same year as MDMA was created.
Image source: BrianH-84, Wkipedia
#15 The last surviving witness to the Lincoln assassination appeared on the TV game show I’ve Got a Secret several weeks before his death in 1954.
Image source: the2belo, Wikipedia
#16
Dmitri Shostakovich (major Russian composer who became huge in the 1920s) attended a performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” in London, 1975. He actually loved it and watched it again the next day, claiming he wished he could’ve written something for a rock band. Image source: guiporto32
#17 Samurai, the fax machine, and Abraham Lincoln all existed at the same time
Image source: An-Ugly-Croissant17, Ryunosuke Kikuno
#18 I always found it strange that Victorian England and the Wild West happened at the same time.
Image source: Latvian_Pete, Abigail Keenan
#19 Dali designed the Chupa Chups lollipop logo.
Image source: botulizard, Mstroeck
#20 Harriet Tubman was alive at the same time as both Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan.
Image source: notasleannotasmean, Kirt Morris
#21 Orville Wright of the Wright brothers lived long enough to see Chuck Yaeger break the sound barrier and travel on an airliner that had a wingspan equal to the distance he covered in his first flight (37m)
Image source: cruiserman_80, Wikipedia
title: “20 Historical Events That You Don T Expect To Have Transpired Simultaneously Within The Same Timeline” ShowToc: true date: “2024-10-02” author: “Georgia Kiser”
#1 Frozen came out the same year Mississippi officially abolished slavery.
Image source: ItsGotThatBang, Disney
#2 My favourite that I’ve seen: When Harvard opened, they didn’t have calculus classes because calculus hadn’t been invented yet.
Image source: DJBlok, Emily Karakis
#3 Oxford University celebrated its 200th graduating class by the time the Aztec Empire started in Central America.
Image source: LambertonRegistry, Ben Seymour
#4 The last execution by guillotine occurred on September 10th, 1977.
Image source: SleeplessShitposter, Paul Glazzard The Atari 2600, the first successful home video game console, released the very next day. In a sense, the boundary separating the “era of guillotines” and the “era of video games” is less than 24 hours. It’s basically a fine line with no overlap.
#5
People walked on the moon before we put wheels on a suitcase Image source: Blythyvxr
#6 In 1922, Betty White and the Ottoman Empire both existed.
Image source: Glade_Runner, Angela George
#7 The last mammoths lived at the time the pyramids were under construction.
Image source: Hopeful_Mecha_Angel, Andrés Dallimonti
#8 I watched the first moon landing with a woman who’d been in Paris for Lindbergh’s first transcontinental flight landing.
Image source: zestyspleen, NASA Edit: wow this blew up! And my first award!! Trippy, thanks—and I owe it all to Mrs. B.
#9 Nintendo was founded when Jack the Ripper was roaming the streets of London.
Image source: SublimeVibe, Alvaro Reyes
#10
Women in Switzerland got right to vote in 1971 when India was already having a woman prime minister ! Image source: sumidawasi
#11 The Qing Dynasty of China collapsed in 1912, the same year as the Titanic disaster.
Image source: TailsxCream4Eva, Clay Banks
#12 William Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive at the same time.
Image source: Dabrigstar, Taha
#13 Pablo Picasso died the same year Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” was released.
Image source: PrescottEagle, Beatriz Miller
#14 The Titanic maiden voyage happened the same year as MDMA was created.
Image source: BrianH-84, Wkipedia
#15 The last surviving witness to the Lincoln assassination appeared on the TV game show I’ve Got a Secret several weeks before his death in 1954.
Image source: the2belo, Wikipedia
#16
Dmitri Shostakovich (major Russian composer who became huge in the 1920s) attended a performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” in London, 1975. He actually loved it and watched it again the next day, claiming he wished he could’ve written something for a rock band. Image source: guiporto32
#17 Samurai, the fax machine, and Abraham Lincoln all existed at the same time
Image source: An-Ugly-Croissant17, Ryunosuke Kikuno
#18 I always found it strange that Victorian England and the Wild West happened at the same time.
Image source: Latvian_Pete, Abigail Keenan
#19 Dali designed the Chupa Chups lollipop logo.
Image source: botulizard, Mstroeck
#20 Harriet Tubman was alive at the same time as both Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan.
Image source: notasleannotasmean, Kirt Morris
#21 Orville Wright of the Wright brothers lived long enough to see Chuck Yaeger break the sound barrier and travel on an airliner that had a wingspan equal to the distance he covered in his first flight (37m)
Image source: cruiserman_80, Wikipedia
title: “20 Historical Events That You Don T Expect To Have Transpired Simultaneously Within The Same Timeline” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-17” author: “Richard Heaton”
#1 Frozen came out the same year Mississippi officially abolished slavery.
Image source: ItsGotThatBang, Disney
#2 My favourite that I’ve seen: When Harvard opened, they didn’t have calculus classes because calculus hadn’t been invented yet.
Image source: DJBlok, Emily Karakis
#3 Oxford University celebrated its 200th graduating class by the time the Aztec Empire started in Central America.
Image source: LambertonRegistry, Ben Seymour
#4 The last execution by guillotine occurred on September 10th, 1977.
Image source: SleeplessShitposter, Paul Glazzard The Atari 2600, the first successful home video game console, released the very next day. In a sense, the boundary separating the “era of guillotines” and the “era of video games” is less than 24 hours. It’s basically a fine line with no overlap.
#5
People walked on the moon before we put wheels on a suitcase Image source: Blythyvxr
#6 In 1922, Betty White and the Ottoman Empire both existed.
Image source: Glade_Runner, Angela George
#7 The last mammoths lived at the time the pyramids were under construction.
Image source: Hopeful_Mecha_Angel, Andrés Dallimonti
#8 I watched the first moon landing with a woman who’d been in Paris for Lindbergh’s first transcontinental flight landing.
Image source: zestyspleen, NASA Edit: wow this blew up! And my first award!! Trippy, thanks—and I owe it all to Mrs. B.
#9 Nintendo was founded when Jack the Ripper was roaming the streets of London.
Image source: SublimeVibe, Alvaro Reyes
#10
Women in Switzerland got right to vote in 1971 when India was already having a woman prime minister ! Image source: sumidawasi
#11 The Qing Dynasty of China collapsed in 1912, the same year as the Titanic disaster.
Image source: TailsxCream4Eva, Clay Banks
#12 William Shakespeare and Pocahontas were alive at the same time.
Image source: Dabrigstar, Taha
#13 Pablo Picasso died the same year Pink Floyd’s “Dark Side Of The Moon” was released.
Image source: PrescottEagle, Beatriz Miller
#14 The Titanic maiden voyage happened the same year as MDMA was created.
Image source: BrianH-84, Wkipedia
#15 The last surviving witness to the Lincoln assassination appeared on the TV game show I’ve Got a Secret several weeks before his death in 1954.
Image source: the2belo, Wikipedia
#16
Dmitri Shostakovich (major Russian composer who became huge in the 1920s) attended a performance of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Jesus Christ Superstar” in London, 1975. He actually loved it and watched it again the next day, claiming he wished he could’ve written something for a rock band. Image source: guiporto32
#17 Samurai, the fax machine, and Abraham Lincoln all existed at the same time
Image source: An-Ugly-Croissant17, Ryunosuke Kikuno
#18 I always found it strange that Victorian England and the Wild West happened at the same time.
Image source: Latvian_Pete, Abigail Keenan
#19 Dali designed the Chupa Chups lollipop logo.
Image source: botulizard, Mstroeck
#20 Harriet Tubman was alive at the same time as both Thomas Jefferson and Ronald Reagan.
Image source: notasleannotasmean, Kirt Morris
#21 Orville Wright of the Wright brothers lived long enough to see Chuck Yaeger break the sound barrier and travel on an airliner that had a wingspan equal to the distance he covered in his first flight (37m)
Image source: cruiserman_80, Wikipedia
