Franz Kafka
German-speaking Jewish writer of Prague who worked for an insurance office; The Metamorphosis and The Trial became famous only after his death.
| Lived | 1883 – 1924 |
| Known as | Writer |
| Birthplace or main place | Prague |
| Places on the map | Prague |
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Who ruled these places in his lifetime
| Place | At birth (map of 1880) | At death (map of 1920) |
|---|---|---|
| Prague | Austria Hungary | Czechoslovakia |
From the border maps nearest to each date; borders are approximate.
Battles and sites of the time
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| 1856 – 1939 | Sigmund Freud | Founder of psychoanalysis |
| 1861 – 1941 | Rabindranath Tagore | Poet |
| 1866 – 1925 | Sun Yat-sen | Founder of the Republic of China |
| 1867 – 1934 | Marie Curie | Physicist and chemist |
| 1869 – 1948 | Mahatma Gandhi | Leader of Indian independence |
| 1870 – 1924 | Vladimir Lenin | Bolshevik leader |
| 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 |
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.