Who Was Alive

Were Bartolomé de las Casas and Galileo Galilei alive at the same time?

Yes. Bartolomé de las Casas and Galileo Galilei were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1564 to 1566.

Bartolomé de las Casas was 79 when Galileo Galilei was born.

Galileo Galilei was 2 when Bartolomé de las Casas died, aged 81.

Bartolomé de las Casas

Bartolomé de las Casas

Spanish friar and historian

Born 11 November 1484 · died 17 July 1566, aged 81

Galileo Galilei

Galileo Galilei

Italian astronomer

Born 15 February 1564 · died 8 January 1642, aged 77

  1. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  4. Bartolomé de las Casas, 1484 – 1566
  5. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  6. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  7. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  8. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  9. Molière, 1622 – 1673

Bartolomé de las Casas and Galileo Galilei 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 Bartolomé de las Casas and Galileo Galilei were born

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