Two famous people are chained together when one of them is born in the year the other one dies. Below is a chain lasting slightly more than 250 years. (SEE CHRISTOPHER'S LISTS BELOW - they last 2600 years !)
1756 - 1791 Mozart composer Austrian
1791 - 1871 Charles Babbage mathematician English
1871 - 1942 Alexander Zemlinsky composer Austrian
1942 - John McLaughlin guitarist USA
Chick Corea jazz keyboard USA
Can you extend the chain above ?.
Could you start another chain ?
It should take about 20 people to go back a thousand years.
Extention (with a weak link)
Strike Anne Boleyn from my chain and add
1479 - 1536 Francesco Berni Poet Italian
*Evil laugh*
NOT SURE WHEN BORN
Thanks for Berni, Caleb
The earlier you go the harder it will be to find people with known birthyears.
Royalty might have kept records & (?). Furthermore, many people wouldn't have been able to count high enough to work out how old they were (but many of the famous people must have been literate so I'd expect them to be numerate too). I wonder if birthdays were celebrated - if there'd been cakes with candles then the children may've practised counting the candles - I wonder then this ritual stated ?
I see you're up early. I guess you're not a teenager yet !
Wild Kid Nick
New Links
1427 - 1479 Antonio Rossellino Italian Sculptor
1370 - 1427 Gentile da Fabriano Italian Painter
1320 - 1370 Ukhaatu Khan Mongolian Grand Khan of the Mongol Empire
*Evil laugh*
BACK TO 1320
What can I say Caleb ? I've still haven't got back before 1756 (but I do have over 300 wordhiders!). I must admit I've only heard of 5 of them (Cooke, Van Gogh, Doppler, Browne, and Boleyn).
I have no reference to Ukhaatu Khan. However, my historical atlas states that in 1227 Ghenghis Khan died and the Empire (stretching from Georga to Manchuria) was split between his 4 sons. (by 1237 it'd spread North West as far as the Ukraine, even though they attacked as far as West as Albania). From then on it gets complicated and I can find no reference to your Khan or what part of the Mongol Empire he had power over.
A Pope (Urban V) finished (by dying? ) his Papacy in 1370 - unfortunately I can't find a birthyear. Birthyears of 1370 may include Johannes Ciconia and Leonel Power (or 1385), all composers .
Looking forward to your further entries. When you complete the list I'll put the final product as an attachment to the main post.
WKN
Bartholomew
You might have heard of bartholomew roberts as Black Bart
*Evil laugh*
BLACK BART
Hung in 1722 ?
Black Bart
Yes, see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholomew_Roberts
*Evil laugh*
THANKS CALEB
I might try some of your other people in Wikipedia as well.
MY FAMOUS PERSON CHAIN
1995- ME!
1913-1995 John Howard (American Actor)
1823-1913 George Clarke (New Zealand Pioneer)
1754-1823 Grace Elliot (Writer and Key Witness of French Revolution)
1683-1754 Mary Anne of Austria (Austria Archduchess)
1638-1683 Maria Theresa of Spain (Queen Consort of France)
1607-1638 John Harvard (American Clergyman)
1535-1607 Alessandro Allori (Italian Painter)
1486-1535 John Houghton (Martyr)
1456-1486 Margaret of Denmark (Queen Consort of Denmark)
1396-1456 Alphonso de Cartagena (Spanish Historian)
1342-1396 William Courtenay (Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury)
c.1280-1342 Pope Benedict XII (born Jacques Fournier)
1193-1280 Saint Albert the Great (English Friar)
1138-1193 Saladin (Sultan of Egypt and Syria)
1076-1138 Simon I (Duke of Lorraine)
1017-1076 Beatrice of Bar (Marchioness of Tuscany)
942-1017 Genshin (Influential Japanese Scholar)
882-942 Saadia Gaon (Prominent Rabbi and Jewish Philosopher)
865-882 Louis III of France (King of Western Francia)
c.835-865 Ethelbert of Wessex (King of Wessex)
774-835 Kukai (Japanese Monk, Scholar, Poet and Artist)
705-774 Amoghavajra (Chinese Prolific Translator and Prominent Monk)
646-705 Abd al-Malik (Muslim Ruler)
596-646 Aiulf I of Benevento (Italian Duke)
532-596 Marius Aventicensis (Swiss Bishop)
498-532 Emperor Jiemin of Northern Wei (Chinese Ruler)
452-498 Emperor Ming of Southern Qi (Chinese Ruler
408-452 Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei (Chinese Ruler)
377-408 Flavius Arcadius (East Roman Emperor)
335-377 Tuoba Shi Yi Jian (King of Dai)
?295-335 Chandragupta I (Gupta Maharaja)
216-c.295 Rav Huna (Jewish Talmudist)
c.180-216 Clement of Alexandria (Distinguished Teacher of Alexandria)
125-180 Apuleius (Roman Author)
94-125 Emperor An of Han (Chinese Ruler)
40-94 Pedanius Dioscorides (Greek Physician)
1-40 Ptolemy of Mauretania (King of Mauretania)
93 BC-1 AD Arshak II of Iberia (King of Caucasian Iberia)
112 BC-93 BC Farnadjom of Iberia (King of Caucasian Iberia)
c.190 BC-c.112 BC Cornelia Africana (Daughter of Roman Hero)
262 BC- 90 BC Apollonius of Perga (Greek Astronomer)
362 BC-262 BC Philemon (Athenian Poet)
418 BC-362 BC Epaminondas (Theban General)
475 BC-418 BC Laches (Athenian Aristocrat)
550 BC-475 BC Atossa (Queen Consort of Persia)
638 BC-550 BC Solon (Athenian Statesman)
And that's as far as I could go.......
YOUR SUPER-LONG CHAIN
A great chain Christopher. It's going to be hard to get one much longer.
It seems that 2007 might be a hard year to start & that both Caleb and you were born in a good year (1995) for famous people to die. My birth-year is 1955 which chains me to Albert Einstein.
Have you had a look at the other posts? What do you think of them ? Do you think any should be taken off ? Would you like to see more 'history' ones like this? I'm plannng to post one 'history' challenge soon. So keep checking the web-page.