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Hans Christian Andersen & Victor Hugo

Did Hans Christian Andersen and Victor Hugo live at the same time?

Yes. Hans Christian Andersen and Victor Hugo lived at the same time for 70 years, from 1805 to 1875.[1][2][3][4]

Hans Christian Andersen · Victor Hugo · Born in 1805 · Born in 1802

Hans Christian Andersen
Hans Christian Andersen
1805–1875
Literature
The Little Mermaid, fairy tales
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
1802–1885
Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
18021885
Hans Christian Andersen
Victor Hugo
Hans Christian Andersen
Literature
Born in Odense
Died in Copenhagen
Victor Hugo
Literature
Born in Besançon
Died in Paris

World Events During Their Overlap

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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79 years overlap
Victor Hugo & Franz Liszt
74 years overlap
Victor Hugo & Charles Darwin
73 years overlap

Sources

  1. Hans Christian Andersen — Wikipedia
  2. Hans Christian Andersen (Q5673) — Wikidata
  3. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  4. Victor Hugo (Q535) — Wikidata