Abraham Lincoln & Fyodor Dostoevsky

Did Abraham Lincoln and Fyodor Dostoevsky live at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Fyodor Dostoevsky lived at the same time for 44 years, from 1821 to 1865.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Abraham Lincoln · Fyodor Dostoevsky · Born in 1809 · Born in 1821

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov

18091881

Abraham Lincoln

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

Born in Hodgenville

Died in Washington, D.C.

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Literature

Born in Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor

Died in Saint Petersburg

World Events During Their Overlap

1825 First public railway opens in England

1833 Slavery abolished in British Empire

1838 First photograph of a person taken

1848 Revolutions of 1848 sweep Europe

1853 Crimean War begins

1859 Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species

1861 American Civil War begins

1865 Abolition of slavery in the United States

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Sources

Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln (Q91) — Wikidata
Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
Fyodor Dostoevsky (Q991) — Wikidata