Abraham Lincoln & Jacob Grimm

Did Abraham Lincoln and Jacob Grimm live at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Jacob Grimm lived at the same time for 54 years, from 1809 to 1863.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Abraham Lincoln · Jacob Grimm · Born in 1809 · Born in 1785

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Jacob Grimm

Grimm's Fairy Tales

17851865

Abraham Lincoln

Jacob Grimm

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

Born in Hodgenville

Died in Washington, D.C.

Jacob Grimm

Literature

Born in Hanau

Died in Berlin

World Events During Their Overlap

1815 Battle of Waterloo; Napoleon defeated

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

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Sources

Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln (Q91) — Wikidata
Jacob Grimm — Wikipedia
Jacob Grimm (Q6701) — Wikidata