✦ Time paradoxes · Still around
USA: 1776; Catherine the Great: 1729–1796 — that is 20 years later.
When the United States declared independence, Catherine the Great was still alive.
Who and what
- US Declaration of Independence1776 · Philadelphia. Thirteen colonies declare freedom and the rights of man
- Catherine the Great1729–1796 · Empress of Russia
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