Sigmund Freud
Practised in Vienna for decades and founded psychoanalysis; he fled the Nazis to London in 1938.
| Lived | 1856 – 1939 |
| Known as | Founder of psychoanalysis |
| Birthplace or main place | Příbor |
| Places on the map | Vienna, London |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1815) | At death (map of 1938) |
|---|---|---|
| Příbor | Austrian Empire | Czechoslovakia |
| Vienna | Austrian Empire | Germany |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Germany annexes Austria | Vienna |
Battles and sites of the time
- Battle of Sedan · 1870
- Sarajevo · 1914
- Battle of Tannenberg · 1914
- Gallipoli Campaign · 1915
- Battle of Verdun · 1916
- Battle of the Somme · 1916
- Versailles · 1919
Further reading
Contemporaries
| Lived | Person | |
|---|---|---|
| 1861 – 1941 | Rabindranath Tagore | Poet |
| 1869 – 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi | Leader of Indian independence |
| 1867 – 1934 | Marie Curie | Physicist and chemist |
| 1874 – 1965 | Winston Churchill | British prime minister |
| 1876 – 1948 | Muhammad Ali Jinnah | Founder of Pakistan |
| 1878 – 1953 | Joseph Stalin | Soviet leader |
| 1879 – 1955 | Albert Einstein | Physicist |
| 1866 – 1925 | Sun Yat-sen | Founder of the Republic of China |
| 1844 – 1913 | Menelik II | Emperor of Ethiopia |
| 1881 – 1938 | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Founder of the Republic of Turkey |
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.