Leo Tolstoy died on 7 November 1910 in Astapovo, aged 82. A Russian writer, Tolstoy was born into a noble family on the estate of Yasnaya Polyana and served in the army in the Crimean War before turning to literature. His epic novel War and Peace, set during the Napoleonic invasion of Russia, and Anna Karenina, a story of love and society, are considered among the greatest novels. After a spiritual crisis in the late 1870s he developed a Christian philosophy that rejected violence, property and the authority of the state and the Church, and which influenced Gandhi and Martin Luther King. He died at a railway station after leaving home.
Before and after
- 26 August 1910Birth of Mother Teresa
- 1 October 1910Los Angeles Times bombing
- from 3 October 1910 to 5 October 19105 October 1910 revolution
- 19 October 1910Birth of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- 7 November 1910Death of Leo Tolstoy
- from 20 November 1910 to 21 May 1920Mexican Revolution
- 1911Happy Birthday to You
- 1911Founding of New Delhi
- 1911Rutherford discovers the atomic nucleus
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