The World Wars transformed Asia through global alliances and regional rivalries. Key figures like Kemal Atatürk, Enver Pasha, and Mustafa İsmet İnönü shaped the Middle East, while major Pacific battles redrew East Asia. These conflicts dismantled colonial empires and forged modern Asian states.
People
Birth Death Origin Age (Death)
1844
1853
1861
1868
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Timeline
Category
Element
Year
List of People
1844
Birth of Mehmed Han bin Abdülmecid (Location: Istanbul, Turkey (then Constantinople, Çırağan Palace))
1853
Birth of Musa al-Husayni (Location: Jerusalem (present-day Palestine/Israel region))
1861
Birth of Mehmed Vahdeddin Han bin Abdülmecid (Location: Present-day Istanbul, Republic of Turkey (then Constantinople during the Ottoman Empire). His birthplace is said to be Dolmabahçe Palace.)
1868
Birth of Hong Beom-do (Location: Kyzylorda, Soviet Kazakhstan (The theory placing his birth place in Pyongyang City, DPRK is prominent, though alternative theories suggest Yangdok, Pyongan-namdo or Chasan, Pyongan-bukdo))
Birth of Kantaro Suzuki (Location: Fushio, Naka Ward, Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture)
1872
Birth of Ahmet Cemal (Location: Mytilene on Lesbos Island, present-day Hellenic Republic (called Midilli during the Ottoman Empire).)
1874
Birth of Mehmed Talat (Location: Edirne, Republic of Turkey (then Ottoman territory). Some sources list his birthplace as present-day Kardzhali, Bulgaria, but the Edirne theory is confirmed in multiple research materials and official encyclopedias.)
Birth of Chaim Weizmann (Location: Motol (present-day Brest Region, Republic of Belarus))
Birth of Amin al-Husayni (Location: Jerusalem (present-day Palestine/Israel region))
1896
Birth of Yang Se-bong (Location: Cholsan County, Pyongan-bukdo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (present-day Cholsan County; former administrative unit was Yeon-san-dong, Seolim-myeon))
1898
Birth of Kim Won-bong (Location: Miryang-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Republic of Korea)
Birth of Zhou Enlai (Location: Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province)
Birth of Golda Meir (Location: Kyiv (present-day Ukraine))
Birth of Peng Dehuai (Location: Around Shitan Township, Xiangtan County, Xiangtan City, Hunan Province, China)
Birth of Liu Shaoqi (Location: Tanzi Chong, Huaminglou Town, Ningxiang City, Changsha City, Hunan Province, China)
1900
Birth of Choe Yong-gon (Location: Taechon County, Pyongan-bukdo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
1901
Birth of Hirohito (Location: Aoyama Togu Palace, Tokyo (formerly Aoyama, Minato Ward, Tokyo))
Birth of Chen Yi (Location: Lezhi County, Leshan City, Sichuan Province, China (now Lezhi County, Ziyang City))
1904
Birth of Antoun Saadeh (Location: Dhour Choueir (Lebanon, Matn District))
Birth of Deng Xiaoping (Location: Paifang Village, Xiexing Town, Guang'an District, Guang'an City, Sichuan Province, China)
1907
Birth of Lin Biao (Location: Around Huilongshan Town, Tuanfeng County, Huanggang City, Hunan Province, China (formerly Huanggang County))
1908
Birth of Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (Location: Jerusalem (listed as Ottoman Jerusalem on English Wikipedia and Istanbul on PalQuest))
1912
Birth of Kim Il Sung (Location: Mangyongdae District, Pyongyang Direct-Administered City, Democratic People's Republic of Korea)
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