Ivan Turgenev was born on 28 October 1818 in Oryol. A Russian novelist, short-story writer and playwright, Turgenev was one of the great figures of nineteenth-century literature. His collection A Sportsman's Sketches portrayed the lives of serfs with sympathy and contributed to debates that led to the emancipation of 1861, and his novels, including Fathers and Sons, Rudin and On the Eve, explored the generational conflict and the Russian intelligentsia. The term nihilist was popularized by Fathers and Sons. He spent much of his later life in Western Europe, near the singer Pauline Viardot, and became a friend of Flaubert and Henry James.
Before and after
- 5 May 1818Birth of Karl Marx
- 30 July 1818Birth of Emily Brontë
- 1 August 1818Founding of Danmarks Nationalbank
- 18 October 1818Founding of University of Bonn
- 28 October 1818Birth of Ivan Turgenev
- 24 December 1818Birth of James Prescott Joule
- from 1819 to 1831Gran Colombia
- 25 January 1819Founding of University of Virginia
- 6 February 1819Founding of modern Singapore
More in Art, literature & culture
- 5 May 1821Founding of The Guardian
- 7 May 1824Beethoven's Ninth Symphony premieres
- 7 April 1837Publication of The Little Mermaid
- 21 February 1848Publication of The Communist Manifesto
- c. 1860sImpressionism
- 19 March 1882Construction of Basilica and Expiatory Church of the Holy Family
The era
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