✦ Time paradoxes · Still around
First railway: 1825; Ludwig van Beethoven: 1770–1827 — that is 2 years later.
When the first public railway opened, Beethoven was still alive.
Who and what
- First public steam railway1825 · Darlington. Stephenson's locomotive opens the railway age
- Ludwig van Beethoven1770–1827 · German composer
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