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Levon Shant

Levon Shant, Armenian author, poet, and playwright (died 1951)

Born
April 6, 1869
Died
November 29, 1951
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1869

About Levon Shant

Levon Shant was an Armenian playwright, novelist, poet and founder of the Hamazkayin Armenian Educational and Cultural Society. Levon Shant is regarded by many as the greatest Armenian playwright. Levon Shant's play The Princess of the Fallen Castle.

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The world when Levon Shant was born

Levon Shant was born in 1869. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1869

  • Best-selling bookWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineTranscontinental Railroad completed at Promontory Summit
  • Technology milestoneSuez Canal opens
  • World population~1.49B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population35.6M

1869 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Levon Shant's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18692026
Population35.6M341 million

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