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Charles Babbage & Victor Hugo

Did Charles Babbage and Victor Hugo live at the same time?

Yes. Charles Babbage and Victor Hugo lived at the same time for 69 years, from 1802 to 1871.[1][2][3][4]

Charles Babbage · Victor Hugo · Born in 1791 · Born in 1802

Charles Babbage
Charles Babbage
1791–1871
Science & Invention
Father of the computer, designed the Analytical Engine
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
1802–1885
Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
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Charles Babbage
Victor Hugo
Charles Babbage
Science & Invention
Born in Walworth
Died in Marylebone
Victor Hugo
Literature
Born in Besançon
Died in Paris

World Events During Their Overlap

1804 Haiti declares independence
1805 Battle of Trafalgar
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
1865 Abolition of slavery in the United States
1869 Suez Canal opens
1871 Unification of Germany

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74 years overlap
Victor Hugo & Charles Darwin
73 years overlap

Sources

  1. Charles Babbage — Wikipedia
  2. Charles Babbage (Q46633) — Wikidata
  3. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  4. Victor Hugo (Q535) — Wikidata