Who Was Alive

Were Bede and Li Bai alive at the same time?

Yes. Bede and Li Bai were alive at the same time for 34 years, from AD 701 to AD 735.

Li Bai was 34 when Bede died.

Bede

Bede

Monk and writer

Born c. AD 672 · died 25 May AD 735

Li Bai

Li Bai

Poet

Born 19 May AD 701 · died 30 November AD 762, aged 61

  1. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678
  2. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680
  3. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  4. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  5. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  6. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  7. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  8. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814

Bede and Li Bai 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 Li Bai were born

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