Johann Wolfgang von Goethe & Napoleon Bonaparte

Did Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Napoleon Bonaparte live at the same time?

Yes. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Napoleon Bonaparte lived at the same time for 52 years, from 1769 to 1821.^[1][2][3][4]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe · Napoleon Bonaparte · Born in 1749 · Born in 1769

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

1749–1832

Literature

German poet and author of Faust

Napoleon Bonaparte

1769–1821

Politics & Leadership

Emperor of France, military genius

How Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Napoleon Bonaparte Are Connected

• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe met Napoleon in 1808, and the two discussed Voltaire and The Sorrows of Young Werther, which Napoleon had read seven times.^[1]

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