Abraham Lincoln & Sitting Bull

Did Abraham Lincoln and Sitting Bull live at the same time?

Yes. Abraham Lincoln and Sitting Bull lived at the same time for about 34 years, from about 1831 to 1865.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Abraham Lincoln · Sitting Bull · Born in 1809 · Born in 1831

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

16th US President, ended slavery

Sitting Bull

Politics & Leadership

Lakota leader who defeated Custer at Little Bighorn

18091890

Abraham Lincoln

Sitting Bull

Abraham Lincoln

Politics & Leadership

Born in Hodgenville

Died in Washington, D.C.

Sitting Bull

Politics & Leadership

Born in Grand River

Died in Dakota Territory

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

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Sources

Abraham Lincoln — Wikipedia
Abraham Lincoln (Q91) — Wikidata
Sitting Bull — Wikipedia
Sitting Bull (Q43527) — Wikidata