Historical figures in 1854

The atlas holds 8 people and 11 moments here, in 1854. The most recorded lives are Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Leo Tolstoy and Abraham Lincoln. Among them Writers, Scientists and Philosophers.

Notable people

  1. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

    in 1854

    3 moments here

    Russian novelist, journalist, essayist, and former military engineer whose life moved between Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Siberian imprisonment and…

  2. Leo Tolstoy

    in 1854

    2 moments here

    Russian novelist, essayist, educator, religious thinker, and social critic. Born at Yasnaya Polyana, Tolstoy studied in Kazan, served in the Caucasus…

  3. Abraham Lincoln

    in 1854

    1 moment here

    American lawyer, Illinois legislator, congressman, and sixteenth president of the United States.…

  4. Charles Darwin

    in 1854

    1 moment here

    English naturalist, geologist, and biologist whose observations during the global voyage of HMS Beagle and subsequent research led to his theory of…

  5. Thomas Edison

    in 1854

    1 moment here

    American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

  6. Charles Dickens

    in 1854

    1 moment here

    English novelist, journalist, editor, social reformer, actor and celebrated public reader. This chronology traces documented residences, workplaces,…

  7. Oscar Wilde

    in 1854

    1 moment here

    Irish author, poet, playwright, critic, and leading figure in late nineteenth-century aestheticism.…

  8. Louis Pasteur

    in 1854

    1 moment here

    French chemist and microbiologist whose work on molecular asymmetry, fermentation, germ theory, pasteurization, and vaccines transformed modern…

Moments

  1. 1854 Observes the Preston strike Charles Dickens
  2. 1854 Defends Sevastopol Leo Tolstoy
  3. 1854 Encamped before Silistra Leo Tolstoy
  4. 1854 Dean at Lille Louis Pasteur
  5. 1854 Childhood in Port Huron Thomas Edison
  6. 1854 Released from the Omsk prison Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  7. 1854 Sent to military exile in Semipalatinsk Fyodor Dostoyevsky
  8. 1854 Attends Crystal Palace opening Charles Darwin
  9. 1854 Delivered the Peoria speech Abraham Lincoln
  10. 1854 Birth at Westland Row Oscar Wilde
  11. 1854 Rented in the Cossack Garden Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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