Who Was Alive

Were Bede and Du Fu alive at the same time?

Yes. Bede and Du Fu were alive at the same time for 22 or 23 years, from AD 712 to AD 735.

Du Fu was 22 or 23 when Bede died.

Bede

Bede

Monk and writer

Born c. AD 672 · died 25 May AD 735

Du Fu

Du Fu

Poet

Born AD 712 · died AD 770, aged 57 or 58

  1. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678
  2. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680
  3. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  4. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  5. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  8. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  9. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809

Bede and Du Fu 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 Bede and Du Fu were born

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