Claim: Jean-Martin Charcot lived to see the start of the 20th century.
Evidence: Jean-Martin Charcot -LRB- -LSB- ʃɑrˈkoʊ -RSB- -LSB- ʃaʁko -RSB- ; 29 November 1825 -- 16 August 1893 -RRB- was a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology.
The 19th century -LRB- 1 January 1801 -- 31 December 1900 -RRB- was the century marked by the collapse of the Spanish , Napoleonic , Holy Roman and Mughal empires.