Time since the death of Shakespeare

Time since the death of Shakespeare (406 y)

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Time since the death of Shakespeare (406 y)

  • is 1/10 of Time since earliest wheeled vehicles (4,000 y)...more
  • is 1/5 of Time since the birth of Hero of Alexandria (2,014 y)...more
  • is 2/5 of Time since start of building of Great Zimbabwe (1,000 y)...more
  • is 2 x Time since the birth of mathematician Maria Gaetana Agnesi (206 y)...more
  • is 2 x Time since the first iron steamship crossed the English Channel (202 y)...more
  • is 2.5 x Time since the publication of Dickens's Tale of Two Cities (165 y)...more
  • is 2.5 x Time since the publication of Darwin's On the Origin of Species (165 y)...more
  • is 2.5 x Period of Neptune's orbit (164.8 y)...more
  • is 5 x Time since introduction of the first mass-produced helicopter (Sikorsky R-4) (80 y)...more
  • is 5 x Lifespan of human being (80 y)...more
  • is 10 x Time since first Apple Macintosh Computer launched (40 y)...more
  • is 40 x Time since first Tesla Model S launched (10 y)...more
  • is 200 x Lifespan of rat (2 y)...more
  • is 400 x Period of Earth's orbit (1 y)...more

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