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Mariya Naryshkina

1861–1929

Born
22 Dec 1861
Country of birth
Russian Empire, today Russia
Died
2 Feb 1929, Paris
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  • Birth22 Dec 1861Probable1 source
  • Death2 Feb 1929, ParisProbable1 source

A life in time

  1. Born

    Birth

  2. Child born: Serge Obolensky

    Birth, Pushkin

  3. Died · Paris

    Death, Paris

What was it like?

The world around 1861: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Mariya was born the same year as Rabindranath Tagore, Georges Méliès, and James Naismith.

Born the same year

  • Rabindranath Tagore

    Bengali poet, philosopher and polymath (1861–1941)

  • Georges Méliès

    French filmmaker and illusionist (1861–1938)

  • James Naismith

    Canadian-American coach; inventor of basketball

  • Fridtjof Nansen

    Norwegian polar explorer (1861–1930)

  • Alfred North Whitehead

    English mathematician and philosopher (1861–1947)

  • Charles Édouard Guillaume

    Swiss physicist (1861-1938)

During their lifetime

  1. 1873

    Gründerkrise economic crash began

    In 1873, Germany experienced the Gründerkrise, a severe economic crisis that caused significant financial instability following a period of post-unification industrial boom.

  2. 1884

    Standardized time zones adopted globally

    In 1884, global standardized time zones were introduced, largely driven by the need to synchronize railway schedules and public life in the industrialized German Empire.

  3. 1895

    Industrial workers equaled agricultural workers

    By the mid-1890s, the number of industrial workers in the German Empire grew to match those in agriculture, marking a major demographic shift toward urbanization and factory labor.

  4. 1900

    Paris Metro opens in 1900

    The first Paris metro line opened on July 14, 1900, allowing travel across the city in half an hour for 20 to 25 centimes.

  5. 1921

    Public radio broadcasting starts in 1921

    Public radio broadcasting officially began in France in 1921, with regular programs transmitted from an antenna atop the Eiffel Tower.

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