Who Was Alive
Bayezid I
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Bayezid I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born c. 1354 · died 8 March 1403
Also known as Murat Sultan's son

Who was alive at the same time as Bayezid I?

  1. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  2. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  4. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  5. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  6. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  7. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  8. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  9. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  10. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  11. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  12. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  13. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  14. Christine de Pizan, 1364 – 1430
  15. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  16. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  17. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  18. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  19. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  20. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  21. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  22. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  23. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  24. Nicholas of Cusa, 1401 – 1464

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When Bayezid I died, Ibn Khaldun was 70 or 71, Timur was 66, Zheng He was 31 or 32, Pope Callixtus III was 24 and Henry V of England was 16.

Born during Bayezid I’s lifetime: Zheng He, Donatello, Jan Hus, Pope Callixtus III, Henry V of England, Jan van Eyck, Pope Eugene IV and Pope Nicholas V.

Not quite contemporaries: Joan of Arc was born about 7 years after Bayezid I died, William of Ockham died about a year before Bayezid I was born, Pope Pius II was born about 2 years after Bayezid I died and Leon Battista Alberti was born about a year after Bayezid I died.

Where Bayezid I’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

Compare Bayezid I

The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Bayezid I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1380.

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  2. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  10. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  11. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  12. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  13. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  14. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  15. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  16. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  17. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  18. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  19. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  20. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  21. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  22. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  23. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  24. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  25. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  26. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  27. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  28. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  29. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  30. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  31. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  32. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  33. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  34. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  35. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  36. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  37. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  38. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  39. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  40. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  41. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  42. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  43. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  44. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  45. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  46. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  47. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  48. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  49. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  50. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  51. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  52. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  53. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  54. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  55. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  56. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  57. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  58. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  59. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370