Who Was Alive

Were Al-Khwarizmi and Pope Theodore II alive at the same time?

Yes. Al-Khwarizmi and Pope Theodore II were alive at the same time, from AD 840 to c. AD 850.

Al-Khwarizmi

Al-Khwarizmi

Mathematician and astronomer

Born c. AD 780 · died c. AD 850

Pope Theodore II

Pope Theodore II

Politician who served as Pope

Born AD 840 · died 20 December AD 897, aged 56 or 57

  1. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  2. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  5. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  6. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Theodore II, AD 840 – AD 897
  8. Alfred the Great, AD 849 – c. AD 899
  9. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  10. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951

Al-Khwarizmi and Pope Theodore II in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Al-Khwarizmi and Pope Theodore II were born

Al-Khwarizmi and Pope Theodore II are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (9 of 10 placed); tap one to open that person.
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