Frédéric Chopin
Raised in Warsaw, he lived in Paris from 1830; his piano music draws on Polish dances, and his heart was returned to Warsaw.
| Lived | 1810 – 1849 |
| Known as | Composer and pianist |
| Birthplace or main place | Warsaw |
| Places on the map | Warsaw, Paris |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1800) | At death (map of 1815) |
|---|---|---|
| Warsaw | Prussia | Russian Empire |
| Paris | France | same |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Battles and sites of the time
- Battle of Borodino · 1812
- Battle of Leipzig · 1813
- Battle of Waterloo · 1815
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1769 – 1849 | Muhammad Ali Pasha | Ruler of Egypt |
| 1778 – 1850 | José de San Martín | Leader of South American independence |
| 1785 – 1850 | Lin Zexu | Qing official |
| 1802 – 1885 | Victor Hugo | Writer |
| 1806 – 1872 | Benito Juárez | President of Mexico |
| 1807 – 1882 | Giuseppe Garibaldi | Leader of Italian unification |
| 1809 – 1882 | Charles Darwin | Naturalist |
| 1809 – 1865 | Abraham Lincoln | Sixteenth president of the United States |
| 1815 – 1898 | Otto von Bismarck | Chancellor of Germany |
| 1818 – 1883 | Karl Marx | Philosopher and economist |
Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.