The World Wars transformed Asia through global alliances and regional rivalries. Key figures like Kemal Atatürk, Enver Pasha, and Mustafa İsmet İnönü shaped the Middle East, while major Pacific battles redrew East Asia. These conflicts dismantled colonial empires and forged modern Asian states.
People
Birth Death Origin Age (Death)
1844
1853
1861
1872
1874
1874
1876
1880
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Timeline
Category
Element
Year
List of People
1844
Birth of Mehmed Han bin Abdülmecid (Location: Istanbul, Turkey (then Constantinople, Çırağan Palace))
1853
Birth of Musa al-Husayni (Location: Jerusalem (present-day Palestine/Israel region))
1861
Birth of Mehmed Vahdeddin Han bin Abdülmecid (Location: Present-day Istanbul, Republic of Turkey (then Constantinople during the Ottoman Empire). His birthplace is said to be Dolmabahçe Palace.)
1872
Birth of Ahmet Cemal (Location: Mytilene on Lesbos Island, present-day Hellenic Republic (called Midilli during the Ottoman Empire).)
1874
Birth of Mehmed Talat (Location: Edirne, Republic of Turkey (then Ottoman territory). Some sources list his birthplace as present-day Kardzhali, Bulgaria, but the Edirne theory is confirmed in multiple research materials and official encyclopedias.)
Birth of Chaim Weizmann (Location: Motol (present-day Brest Region, Republic of Belarus))
1876
Birth of Mustafa Fevzi (Location: Istanbul, Republic of Turkey. Born in Cihangir, located in the present-day Beyoğlu district.)
1880
Birth of Zeev Jabotinsky (Location: Odesa (present-day Ukraine))
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