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Florence Nightingale & Harriet Tubman

Did Florence Nightingale and Harriet Tubman live at the same time?

Yes. Florence Nightingale and Harriet Tubman lived at the same time for about 88 years, from about 1822 to 1910.[1][2][3][4]

Florence Nightingale · Harriet Tubman · Born in 1820 · Born in 1822

Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale
1820–1910
Activism & Social Change
Founder of modern nursing
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman
c. 1822–1913
Activism & Social Change
Underground Railroad conductor
18201913
Florence Nightingale
Harriet Tubman
Florence Nightingale
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Born in Florence
Died in London
Harriet Tubman
Activism & Social Change
Born in Dorchester County
Died in Auburn

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
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. Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
  2. Florence Nightingale (Q37103) — Wikidata
  3. Harriet Tubman — Wikipedia
  4. Harriet Tubman (Q102870) — Wikidata