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Afonso de Albuquerque
Johann Adolf Rossmassler (1770-1821), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Afonso de Albuquerque

Portuguese explorer

Born 1453 · died 16 December 1515, aged 61 or 62
Also known as Alfonso de Alburquerque, Alfonso d'Alburquerque

Who was alive at the same time as Afonso de Albuquerque?

  1. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  2. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  3. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  4. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  5. Afonso de Albuquerque, 1453 – 1515
  6. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  7. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  8. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  9. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  10. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  11. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  12. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  13. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  14. Raphael, 1483 – 1520
  15. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  16. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  17. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  18. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547
  19. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  20. François Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
  21. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566
  22. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500 – 1558
  23. Nostradamus, 1503 – 1566
  24. John Calvin, 1509 – 1564

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When Afonso de Albuquerque was born, Leonardo da Vinci was about a year old, Christopher Columbus was 1 or 2, Mehmed II was 20 or 21, Isabella I of Castile was 1 or 2 and François Villon was 21 or 22.

When Afonso de Albuquerque died, Leonardo da Vinci was 63, Michelangelo was 40, Martin Luther was 32, Niccolò Machiavelli was 46 and Nicolaus Copernicus was 42.

Born during Afonso de Albuquerque’s lifetime: Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan, Raphael, Albrecht Dürer and Vasco da Gama.

Not quite contemporaries: Ivan the Terrible was born about 15 years after Afonso de Albuquerque died, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina was born about 10 years after Afonso de Albuquerque died, Luís de Camões was born about 9 years after Afonso de Albuquerque died and Philip II of Spain was born about 12 years after Afonso de Albuquerque died.

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The 146 best-known contemporaries

146 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Afonso de Albuquerque. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1485.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  4. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  7. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  8. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  9. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  10. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  11. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  12. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  13. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  14. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  15. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  16. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  17. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  18. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  19. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  20. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500 – 1558
  21. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  22. Nostradamus 1503 – 1566
  23. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  24. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  25. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  26. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  27. Teresa of Ávila 1515 – 1582
  28. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  29. Babur 1483 – 1530
  30. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  31. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  32. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  33. Anne Boleyn 1501 – 1536
  34. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  35. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  36. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  37. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  38. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  39. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  40. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  41. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  42. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  43. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  44. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  45. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  46. Pope Pius V 1504 – 1572
  47. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  48. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  49. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  50. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  51. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  52. Francis Xavier 1506 – 1552
  53. Giorgio Vasari 1511 – 1574
  54. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  55. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  56. Hürrem Sultan c. 1507 – c. 1560
  57. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  58. Jami 1414 – 1492
  59. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  60. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  61. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  62. Pope Pius IV 1499 – 1565
  63. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  64. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  65. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  66. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  67. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  68. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  69. Catherine of Aragon 1485 – 1536
  70. Andreas Vesalius 1514 – 1564
  71. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  72. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  73. Ismail I 1487 – 1524
  74. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  75. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  76. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  77. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  78. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  79. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  80. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  81. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  82. Humayun 1508 – 1556
  83. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  84. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  85. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  86. Andrea Palladio 1508 – c. 1580
  87. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  88. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  89. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  90. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  91. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503 – 1564
  92. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  93. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  94. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  95. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  96. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  97. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  98. Pope Marcellus II 1501 – 1555
  99. Gerardus Mercator 1512 – 1594
  100. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  101. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  102. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  103. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  104. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  105. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  106. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  107. Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 – 1543
  108. Hernando de Soto c. 1500 – 1542
  109. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  110. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  111. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  112. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  113. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  114. Atahualpa c. 1500 – 1533
  115. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  116. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  117. Marguerite de Navarre 1492 – 1549
  118. James V 1512 – 1542
  119. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  120. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  121. Michael Servetus 1511 – 1553
  122. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  123. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  124. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  125. Benvenuto Cellini 1500 – 1571
  126. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  127. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  128. Anne of Cleves 1515 – 1557
  129. Juan Sebastián Elcano c. 1486 – 1526
  130. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 – 1534
  131. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  132. Bronzino 1503 – 1572
  133. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  134. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  135. Georgius Agricola 1494 – 1555
  136. Jane Seymour 1508 – 1537
  137. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  138. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  139. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  140. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  141. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  142. James IV 1473 – 1513
  143. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  144. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  145. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535
  146. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457