Winston Churchill
Led Britain against Nazi Germany in the Second World War and won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953.
| Lived | 1874 – 1965 |
| Known as | British prime minister |
| Birthplace or main place | Blenheim Palace |
| Places on the map | London |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1815) | At death (map of 1960) |
|---|---|---|
| Blenheim Palace | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | United Kingdom |
| London | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland | United Kingdom |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Events in his lifetime
| Year | Event | Where |
|---|---|---|
| 1940 | The Blitz: German bombing of London | London |
Battles and sites of the time
- Battle of Tannenberg · 1914
- Battle of Verdun · 1916
- Battle of the Somme · 1916
- Versailles · 1919
- Normandy Landings · 1944
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1879 – 1955 | Albert Einstein | Physicist |
| 1878 – 1953 | Joseph Stalin | Soviet leader |
| 1889 – 1964 | Jawaharlal Nehru | First prime minister of India |
| 1890 – 1970 | Charles de Gaulle | President of France |
| 1890 – 1969 | Ho Chi Minh | Vietnamese revolutionary leader |
| 1869 – 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi | Leader of Indian independence |
| 1892 – 1975 | Haile Selassie I | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| 1876 – 1948 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Founder of Pakistan |
| c. 1897 – 1978 | Jomo Kenyatta | First president of Kenya |
| 1861 – 1941 | Rabindranath Tagore | Poet |
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.