Bede

Monk and writer

Born c. AD 672 · died 25 May AD 735
Also known as Bede le Venerable, Beda Anglicus, Saint Bede the Venerable

Who was alive at the same time as Bede?

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When Bede died, Li Bai was 34, Du Fu was 22 or 23, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 13 or 14, Abu Hanifa was 35 and Charles Martel was 46.

Born during Bede’s lifetime: Li Bai, Du Fu, Jabir ibn Hayyan, Abu Hanifa, Charles Martel, Pope Adrian I, Pepin the Short and Pope Paul I.

Not quite contemporaries: Charlemagne was born about 5 years after Bede died, Ali died about 9 years before Bede was born, Uthman died about 14 years before Bede was born and Pope Leo III was born about 15 years after Bede died.

What happened in Bede’s lifetime

Battle of Tours AD 732

Where Bede’s contemporaries were born

Bede is labelled; the others are the best-known people we track who lived at the same time. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (67 of 81 placed); tap one to open that person.

Birthplaces as a list

Bede: Jarrow
Pope Agatho: Palermo
Mu'awiya I: Mecca
Pope Leo II: Sicily
Aisha: Mecca
Husayn ibn Ali: Medina
Pope Benedict II: Rome
Pope John V: Antioch
Pope John VII: Rossano
Pope Sergius I: Palermo
Pope John VI: Ephesus
Pope Gregory II: Rome
John of Damascus: Damascus
Pope Zachary: Santa Severina
Charles Martel: Herstal
Abu Hanifa: Kufa
Pope Adrian I: Rome
Pope Paul I: Rome
Li Bai: Suyab
Du Fu: Gongyi
Pope Stephen II: Rome
Pepin the Short: Liège
Pope Stephen III: Syracuse
Jabir ibn Hayyan: Tus
Ja'far al-Sadiq: Medina
Wu Zetian: Guangyuan
Pope Conon: Sicily
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan: Medina
Malik ibn Anas: Medina
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz: Medina
Leo III the Isaurian: Kahramanmaraş
Yazid I: Damascus
Rabia Basri: Basra
Justinian II: Constantinople
Tariq ibn Ziyad: Khenchela
Abd al-Rahman I: Damascus
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr: Medina
Constantine V: Constantinople
Ibn Abbas: Mecca
Constantine IV: Constantinople
Marwan I: Mecca
Ali al-Sajjad: Medina
Wang Wei: Yongji
Al-Mansur: Humayma
Mu'awiya II: Damascus
Abu Muslim: Isfahan
Paul the Deacon: Cividale del Friuli
Abu Hurayra: Tihamah
Leontius: Isauria
Al-Walid I: Medina
Saint Boniface: Crediton
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik: Medina
Al-Saffah: Humayma
Umm Salama: Mecca
Zaynab bint Ali: Medina
Muhammad al-Baqir: Medina
Roderic: Córdoba
Al-Walid II: Syria
Ibn Ishaq: Medina
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang: Chang'an
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab: Mecca
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik: Damascus
Juwayriya bint al-Harith: Medina
Hasan al-Basri: Medina
Pepin of Herstal: Herstal
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf: Ta'if
Yazid II: Damascus

Compare Bede

The 91 best-known contemporaries

91 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Bede. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 705.

Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
Charles Martel AD 688 – AD 741
Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
Pelagius of Asturias c. AD 685 – AD 737
Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
Mu'awiya II AD 661 – AD 684
Abu Muslim c. AD 719 – AD 755
Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
Al-Saffah AD 722 – AD 754
Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
Roderic AD 688 – AD 711
Marwan II AD 688 – AD 750
Dagobert III c. AD 698 – AD 715
Al-Walid II 700s – AD 744
Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
Theuderic IV c. AD 713 – AD 737
Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik AD 691 – AD 743
Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
Yazid II AD 687 – AD 724
Yazid III AD 701 – AD 744
Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
Muhammad ibn al-Qasim AD 695 – AD 715
Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
Liutprand, King of the Lombards c. 680s – AD 744
Chlothar IV c. AD 685 – AD 719
Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
Carloman c. AD 710 – AD 754