Jeanne Calment - Longevity Records

Longevity Records

  • 20 June 1986: EugĂ©nie Roux dies; Calment, 111 years 119 days, becomes the Doyenne de France.
  • 27 December 1987: Anna Eliza Williams dies; Calment, 112 years 310 days, becomes the oldest person in Europe.
  • 11 January 1988: Florence Knapp dies; Calment, 112 years 324 days, becomes the world's oldest living person.
  • 21 February 1990: Calment becomes the second verified person documented to reach age 115.
  • 11 May 1990: Calment, 115 years 79 days, surpasses Augusta Holtz to become the oldest verified person ever.
  • 21 February 1995: Calment becomes the only verified person documented to reach age 120.
  • 12 July 1995: Tane Ikai dies; Calment becomes the last living link from the 1870s.
  • 17 October 1995: Calment surpasses the (now-discounted) age of Shigechiyo Izumi.
  • 4 August 1997: Jeanne Calment dies, aged 122 years 164 days; Marie-Louise Meilleur, age 116, becomes the oldest living person.

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