Caucasian War 1763–1864

Russian Empire ⚔ Avar Khanate, Circassia, Kingdom of Kartli-Kakheti, Caucasian Imamate, North Caucasus

Key battles

• Battle of Qbaada (1864)

Who lived through the Caucasian War

Well-known people alive during 1763–1864:

• Karl Marx (1818–1883) — German-born philosopher (1818-1883)
• Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) — president of the United States from 1861 to 1865 (1809-1865)
• Napoleon (1769–1821) — French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
• Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) — Russian author (1828–1910)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
• Charles Darwin (1809–1882) — English naturalist and biologist (1809–1882)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) — Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
• George Washington (1732–1799) — Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) — German composer (1770-1827)
• Victor Hugo (1802–1885) — French novelist, poet, dramatist and politician (1802–1885)
• Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890) — Dutch painter (1853–1890)
• Voltaire (1694–1778) — French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
• Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) — German philosopher (1844-1900)
• Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821–1881) — Russian novelist (1821–1881)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) — German philosopher (1724-1804)
• Mark Twain (1835–1910) — American author and humorist (1835–1910)
• Thomas Edison (1847–1931) — American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
• Charles Dickens (1812–1870) — English novelist and social critic (1812–1870)
• Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837) — Russian poet, playwright, and novelist (1799–1837)
• Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) — Danish writer and poet (1805–1875)
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) — Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
• Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849) — American writer and literary critic (1809–1849)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
• Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) — Irish poet, playwright, and aesthete (1854-1900)
• Adam Smith (1723–1790) — Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)

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