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Fyodor Dostoevsky & Richard Wagner

Did Fyodor Dostoevsky and Richard Wagner live at the same time?

Yes. Fyodor Dostoevsky and Richard Wagner lived at the same time for 60 years, from 1821 to 1881.[1][2][3][4]

Fyodor Dostoevsky · Richard Wagner · Born in 1821 · Born in 1813

Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1821–1881
Literature
Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
1813–1883
Music
Ring Cycle, revolutionary opera
18131883
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Richard Wagner
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Literature
Born in Mariinsky Hospital for the Poor
Died in Saint Petersburg
Richard Wagner
Music
Born in Leipzig
Died in Venice

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

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Sources

  1. Fyodor Dostoevsky — Wikipedia
  2. Fyodor Dostoevsky (Q991) — Wikidata
  3. Richard Wagner — Wikipedia
  4. Richard Wagner (Q1511) — Wikidata