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Karl Marx & Victor Hugo

Did Karl Marx and Victor Hugo live at the same time?

Yes. Karl Marx and Victor Hugo lived at the same time for 65 years, from 1818 to 1883.[1][2][3][4]

Karl Marx · Victor Hugo · Born in 1818 · Born in 1802

Karl Marx
Karl Marx
1818–1883
Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
Victor Hugo
Victor Hugo
1802–1885
Literature
Les Misérables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
18021885
Karl Marx
Victor Hugo
Karl Marx
Philosophy & Thought
Born in Trier
Died in London
Victor Hugo
Literature
Born in Besançon
Died in Paris

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. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  2. Karl Marx (Q9061) — Wikidata
  3. Victor Hugo — Wikipedia
  4. Victor Hugo (Q535) — Wikidata