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Henrik Ibsen & Leo Tolstoy

Did Henrik Ibsen and Leo Tolstoy live at the same time?

Yes. Henrik Ibsen and Leo Tolstoy lived at the same time for 78 years, from 1828 to 1906.[1][2][3][4]

Henrik Ibsen · Leo Tolstoy · Born in 1828

Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Ibsen
1828–1906
Literature
Norwegian playwright of A Doll's House
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
1828–1910
Literature
War and Peace, Anna Karenina
18281910
Henrik Ibsen
Leo Tolstoy
Henrik Ibsen
Literature
Born in Stockmanngården
Died in Christiania
Leo Tolstoy
Literature
Born in Yasnaya Polyana
Died in Astapovo

World Events During Their Overlap

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. Henrik Ibsen — Wikipedia
  2. Henrik Ibsen (Q36661) — Wikidata
  3. Leo Tolstoy — Wikipedia
  4. Leo Tolstoy (Q7243) — Wikidata