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Basil II
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Basil II

Byzantine emperor

Born AD 958 · died 15 December 1025, aged 66 or 67
Also known as Basil II the Bulgar Slayer

Who was alive at the same time as Basil II?

  1. Pope Benedict V, c. AD 900 – AD 965
  2. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  3. Pope Leo VIII, c. AD 915 – AD 965
  4. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  5. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  6. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  7. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  8. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  9. Basil II, AD 958 – 1025
  10. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  11. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  12. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  13. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  14. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  15. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  16. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  17. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  18. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  19. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  20. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  21. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  22. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  23. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  24. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073

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When Basil II was born, Ferdowsi was 17 or 18, Otto the Great was 45 or 46, Hugh Capet was 17 or 18, Constantine VII was 52 or 53 and Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor was 2 or 3.

When Basil II died, Al-Biruni was 52, Cnut was 30 or 31, Pope Leo IX was 23, Pope Clement II was 20 and Yaroslav the Wise was 46 or 47.

Born during Basil II’s lifetime: Avicenna, Al-Biruni, Ibn al-Haytham, Leif Erikson, Pope Gregory V, Cnut, Pope Leo IX and Pope Alexander II.

Not quite contemporaries: William the Conqueror was born about 2 years after Basil II died, Al-Farabi died about 7 years before Basil II was born, Pope Urban II was born about 8 years after Basil II died and Anselm of Canterbury was born about 6 years after Basil II died.

Where Basil II’s contemporaries were born

Basil II is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (38 of 41 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list

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The 40 best-known contemporaries

40 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Basil II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 992.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  4. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  6. Otto the Great AD 912 – AD 973
  7. Pope John XII c. AD 937 – AD 964
  8. Pope Benedict V c. AD 900 – AD 965
  9. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  10. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  11. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  12. Pope Leo VIII c. AD 915 – AD 965
  13. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  14. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  15. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  16. Sviatoslav I c. AD 942 – AD 972
  17. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  18. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  19. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  20. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  21. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  22. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  23. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  24. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  25. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  26. Constantine VII AD 905 – AD 959
  27. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  28. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  29. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  30. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  31. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  32. Otto II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 955 – AD 983
  33. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  34. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  35. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  36. Olga of Kiev c. AD 890 – AD 969
  37. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  38. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  39. Guido of Arezzo c. AD 992 – 1050
  40. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066