Abraham Lincoln & Florence Nightingale

Did Abraham Lincoln and Florence Nightingale live at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Florence Nightingale lived at the same time for 45 years, from 1820 to 1865.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Abraham Lincoln · Florence Nightingale · Born in 1809 · Born in 1820

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale

Activism & Social Change

Founder of modern nursing

18091910

Abraham Lincoln

Florence Nightingale

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

Born in Hodgenville

Died in Washington, D.C.

Florence Nightingale

Activism & Social Change

Born in Florence

Died in London

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

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86 years overlap

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82 years overlap

Sources

Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln (Q91) — Wikidata
Florence Nightingale — Wikipedia
Florence Nightingale (Q37103) — Wikidata