Max Jacob
Max Jacob · Carl van Vechten, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Person

Max Jacob

1876 – 1944 · aged 68

French poet, painter, writer and critic (1876-1944)

Born
12 Jul 1876 · Quimper
Died
5 Mar 1944 · Drancy concentration camp

Life timeline

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

Showing 78 years
  1. 12 Jul 1876BornBorn in Quimper
  2. 1894AwardConcours général
  3. 1933AwardKnight of the Legion of Honour
  4. 5 Mar 1944DiedDied in Drancy concentration camp

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1876 – 1944).

  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

Biography

Max Jacob (French: [maks ʒakɔb]; 12 July 1876 – 5 March 1944) was a French poet, painter, writer, and critic.

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