Mind the Gap No. 2 · Tuesday, November 10, 2026

The five gaps

Any two events in the pool that far apart made the train. Here are a few that hit each gap exactly.

7 years apart

1Parthenon completed ↔ Peloponnesian War begins438 BC to 431 BC

2Johannes Gutenberg dies ↔ Michelangelo born1468 to 1475

3Thomas More born ↔ Hernán Cortés born1478 to 1485

4Henry VIII born ↔ Vasco da Gama reaches India1491 to 1498

1Augustus dies ↔ Nero born14 to 37

2John, King of England born ↔ Henry II of England dies1166 to 1189

3John, King of England dies ↔ Edward I born1216 to 1239

4Edward III dies ↔ Geoffrey Chaucer dies1377 to 1400

1Julius Caesar born ↔ Octavian becomes Augustus100 BC to 27 BC

2Edward I born ↔ Edward III born1239 to 1312

3Peasants' Revolt ↔ Amerigo Vespucci born1381 to 1454

4Zheng He's first voyage ↔ Thomas More born1405 to 1478

1Peloponnesian War ends ↔ Alexander the Great dies404 BC to 323 BC

2Hildegard of Bingen born ↔ Hildegard of Bingen dies1098 to 1179

3Geoffrey Chaucer dies ↔ Mehmed the Conqueror dies1400 to 1481

4Christopher Columbus born ↔ The Prince published1451 to 1532

1Muhammad dies ↔ Hildegard of Bingen dies632 to 1179

2Avicenna dies ↔ Ivan the Terrible dies1037 to 1584

3Richard the Lionheart born ↔ John Locke dies1157 to 1704

4Francis of Assisi born ↔ James Cook born1181 to 1728

Five new gaps every day at midnight.