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Alexandre Dumas & Karl Marx

Did Alexandre Dumas and Karl Marx live at the same time?

Yes. Alexandre Dumas and Karl Marx lived at the same time for 52 years, from 1818 to 1870.[1][2][3][4]

Alexandre Dumas · Karl Marx · Born in 1802 · Born in 1818

Alexandre Dumas
Alexandre Dumas
1802–1870
Literature
Author of The Three Musketeers
Karl Marx
Karl Marx
1818–1883
Philosophy & Thought
Das Kapital, Communist Manifesto
18021883
Alexandre Dumas
Karl Marx
Alexandre Dumas
Literature
Born in Villers-Cotterêts
Died in Dieppe
Karl Marx
Philosophy & Thought
Born in Trier
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
1869 Suez Canal opens

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Karl Marx & Richard Wagner
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Sources

  1. Alexandre Dumas — Wikipedia
  2. Alexandre Dumas (Q38337) — Wikidata
  3. Karl Marx — Wikipedia
  4. Karl Marx (Q9061) — Wikidata