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Georges Enescou
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Georges Enescou

1881 – 1955 · aged 74

Romanian composer and violinist (1881–1955)

Born
19 Aug 1881 · George Enescu
Died
4 May 1955 · 8th arrondissement of Paris
Part ofRomania101 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 85 years
  1. 19 Aug 1881BornBorn in George Enescu
  2. 1924AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
  3. 1939 – 1940RoleMember of the Senate of Romania
  4. 1946 – 1948RoleMember of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania
  5. 4 May 1955DiedDied in 8th arrondissement of Paris

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1881 – 1955).

  1. 18961896 Summer Olympics
  2. 1898Spanish–American War
  3. 1904 – 1905Russo-Japanese War
  4. 1914 – 1918World War I
  5. 1915 – 1923Armenian genocide
  6. 1917Balfour Declaration
  7. 1917February Revolution
  8. 1917October Revolution
  9. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  10. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  11. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  12. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  13. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  14. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  15. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  16. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1938Munich Agreement
  18. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  19. 1939 – 1945World War II
  20. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  21. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  22. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  23. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  24. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  25. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  26. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  27. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  29. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  30. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War

Biography

George Enescu (Romanian: [ˈdʒe̯ordʒe eˈnesku] ; 19 August [O.S. 7 August] 1881 – 4 May 1955), known in France as Georges Enesco, was a Romanian composer, violinist, pianist, conductor, and teacher. He is regarded as one of the greatest musicians in Romanian history.

Text from the Wikipedia article George Enescu, CC BY-SA 4.0

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