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Hanna Barysiewicz

Hanna Barysiewicz, the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of Records. (died 2007)

Born
May 18, 1888
Died
February 23, 2007
Zodiac sign
Taurus
Birth year
1888

About Hanna Barysiewicz

Hanna Adamauna Barysiewicz, Belarusian: Ганна Адамаўна Барысевiч, Russian: Анна Адамовна Борисевич was the oldest female resident of Belarus not registered by the Guinness Book of Records. Until her death, she was reputedly the oldest resident in the country and, according to the media, in the world. She lived to the claimed age of 118 years and 281 days. Prior to the release of the Guinness Book of Records for 2007, the Belarusian side put forward the candidacy of Hanna Barysiewicz as a record holder of longevity, but the Belarusian resident was left out. In 2007, the official longevity record holder was a 114-year-old resident of Japan, while Hanna Barysiewicz was 118 years old at the time. In 2007, Hanna Barysiewicz's name as a longevity record holder was entered in the Book of Records of Russia, CIS and Baltic States "Diwo" (Книгу рекордов России, стран СНГ и Прибалтики "Диво").

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Hanna Barysiewicz timeline

  1. Prior to the release of the Guinness Book of Records for 2007, the Belarusian side put forward the candidacy of Hanna Barysiewicz as a record holder of longevity, but the Belarusian resident was left out.
  2. In 2007, the official longevity record holder was a 114-year-old resident of Japan, while Hanna Barysiewicz was 118 years old at the time.
  3. In 2007, Hanna Barysiewicz's name as a longevity record holder was entered in the Book of Records of Russia, CIS and Baltic States "Diwo" (Книгу рекордов России, стран СНГ и Прибалтики "Диво").

The world when Hanna Barysiewicz was born

Hanna Barysiewicz was born in 1888. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineGreat Blizzard of 1888 paralyzes US East Coast
  • Technology milestoneKodak box camera — "You press the button, we do the rest"
  • Defining fadKodak camera craze
  • World population~1.48B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderGrover Cleveland
  • U.S. population57.6M

1888 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Hanna Barysiewicz's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18882026
Population57.6M341 million

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