German historian and philosopher (died 1936)

Oswald Spengler

Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler was a German polymath whose areas of interest included history, philosophy, mathematics, science, and art, as well as their relation to his organic theory of history. He is best known for his two-volume work The Decline of the West, published in 1918 and 1922, covering human history. Spengler's model of history postulates that human cultures and civilizations are akin to biological entities, each with a limited, predictable, and deterministic lifespan. He predicted that Western civilization would enter the period of pre‑death emergency around the year 2000, which would lead to 200 years of Caesarism before Western civilization's final collapse.

Born

1880

May 29

Died

1936

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1880s

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1936 Died

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363 The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
1108 Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
1167 Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.

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The world in 1936

When Oswald departed

april 15 First day of the Arab revolt in Mandatory Palestine.
april 19 The Jaffa riots commence, initiating the 1936–1939 Arab revolt in Palestine.
april 27 The United Auto Workers (UAW) gains autonomy from the American Federation of Labor.
april 3 Bruno Richard Hauptmann is executed for the kidnapping and death of Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr., the infant son of pilot Charles Lindbergh.

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Christy Mathewson 1880–1925 American baseball player and manager (died 1925) Douglas MacArthur 1880–1964 American general (born 1880) Elsie J. Oxenham 1880–1960 English author and educator (born 1880) Hans Hofmann 1880–1966 German-American painter (born 1880) John L. Lewis 1880– American miner and union leader (died 1969) Lawrence Oates 1880– English lieutenant and explorer (died 1912) Milan Rastislav Štefánik 1880–1919 Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (died 1919) Tudor Arghezi 1880–1967 Romanian author and poet (born 1880)

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