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Dmitri Mendeleev & Leo Tolstoy

Did Dmitri Mendeleev and Leo Tolstoy live at the same time?

Yes. Dmitri Mendeleev and Leo Tolstoy lived at the same time for 73 years, from 1834 to 1907.[1][2][3][4]

Dmitri Mendeleev · Leo Tolstoy · Born in 1834 · Born in 1828

Dmitri Mendeleev
Dmitri Mendeleev
1834–1907
Science & Invention
Created the periodic table of elements
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
1828–1910
Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
18281910
Dmitri Mendeleev
Leo Tolstoy
Dmitri Mendeleev
Science & Invention
Born in Tobolsk
Died in Saint Petersburg
Leo Tolstoy
Literature
Born in Yasnaya Polyana
Died in Astapovo

World Events During Their Overlap

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
1876 Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
1884 Berlin Conference partitions Africa
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

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Sources

  1. Dmitri Mendeleev — Wikipedia
  2. Dmitri Mendeleev (Q9106) — Wikidata
  3. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  4. Leo Tolstoy (Q7243) — Wikidata