Albert Einstein & Ludwig Wittgenstein

Did Albert Einstein and Ludwig Wittgenstein live at the same time?

Yes. Albert Einstein and Ludwig Wittgenstein lived at the same time for 62 years, from 1889 to 1951.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Albert Einstein · Ludwig Wittgenstein · Born in 1879 · Born in 1889

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Science & Invention

Theory of relativity, E=mc²

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophy & Thought

Philosopher of logic and language

18791955

Albert Einstein

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Albert Einstein

Science & Invention

Born in Ulm

Died in Princeton

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophy & Thought

Born in Neuwaldegg

Died in Cambridge

World Events During Their Overlap

1893 New Zealand becomes first country to grant women's suffrage

1896 First modern Olympic Games in Athens

1898 Spanish-American War

1903 Wright brothers achieve powered flight

1905 Einstein publishes theory of special relativity

1912 Sinking of the Titanic

1914 World War I begins

1917 Russian Revolution

1918 World War I ends; Spanish flu pandemic begins

1919 Treaty of Versailles signed

1920 League of Nations established

1928 Alexander Fleming discovers penicillin

1929 Wall Street Crash; Great Depression begins

1933 Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany

1936 Spanish Civil War begins

1939 World War II begins

1941 Attack on Pearl Harbor; US enters WWII

1944 D-Day: Allied invasion of Normandy

1945 Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki; WWII ends

1945 United Nations founded

1947 India and Pakistan gain independence

1948 State of Israel established

1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted

1949 People's Republic of China proclaimed

1950 Korean War begins

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Sources

Albert Einstein — Wikipedia
Albert Einstein (Q937) — Wikidata
Ludwig Wittgenstein — Wikipedia
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Q9391) — Wikidata