Weimar Republic, 1923
"From 1918 to 1923, the Weimar Republic suffered grave problems, such as hyperinflation, political extremism, including political murders and two attempted power seizures by contending paramilitaries," --wikipedia
USA during its Civil War
Also: the Confederate States of America
Thomas Jefferson
"statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, musician, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809" --wikipedia
USS Constitution
"also known as Old Ironsides, is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest ship of any type still afloat. She was launched in 1797" --wikipedia
ancient paintings in Chauvet Cave
"Hundreds of animal paintings have been catalogued, depicting at least 13 different species, including some rarely or never found in other ice age paintings." --wikipedia