Who Was Alive

Were Bartolomé de las Casas and William Shakespeare alive at the same time?

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

Bartolomé de las Casas was 79 when William Shakespeare was born.

William Shakespeare 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

William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

English playwright and poet

Born April 1564 · died 23 April 1616 (Julian calendar), aged 51 or 52

  1. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  4. Bartolomé de las Casas, 1484 – 1566
  5. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  6. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  7. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  8. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  9. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  10. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669

Bartolomé de las Casas and William Shakespeare 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 William Shakespeare were born

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