21 Historical Events That Somehow Took Place at the Same Time

No matter what the weirdos with pamphlets say, this is an old-ass world, and even the sleepiest person in history class has a rough idea of when things happened. For example, World War I was a Long Time Ago, but Shakespeare was a Very Long Time Ago, while the birth of Jesus was a Super Long Time Ago, etc. But what if we told you Shakespeare was there at the birth of Jesus?

Of course, that would be dumb and wrong. But there are historical events that happened way closer to each other than seems possible. Like, when user ShyneBox asked r/AskReddit, “What are two events that took place in the same time in history but don't seem like they would have?,” the Wikipedia addicts of Reddit blew everyone’s minds. For example…