Who Was Alive
Charles VIII of France
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Charles VIII of France

King of France

Born 30 June 1470 · died 7 April 1498, aged 27
Also known as Charles 08 Of France, Charles VIII

Who was alive at the same time as Charles VIII of France?

  1. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  2. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  3. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  4. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  5. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  6. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  7. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  8. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  9. Charles VIII of France, 1470 – 1498
  10. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  11. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  12. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  13. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  14. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  15. Babur, 1483 – 1530
  16. Raphael, 1483 – 1520
  17. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  18. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  19. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  20. Titian, c. 1490 – 1576
  21. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547
  22. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  23. François Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
  24. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566

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When Charles VIII of France was born, Leonardo da Vinci was 18, Christopher Columbus was 18 or 19, Niccolò Machiavelli was 1, Erasmus was 3 and Mehmed II was 38.

When Charles VIII of France died, Leonardo da Vinci was 45, Michelangelo was 23, Martin Luther was 14, Christopher Columbus was 46 or 47 and Niccolò Machiavelli was 28.

Born during Charles VIII of France’s lifetime: Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan, Raphael, Albrecht Dürer, Hernán Cortés and Jacques Cartier.

Not quite contemporaries: Johannes Gutenberg died about a year before Charles VIII of France was born, John Calvin was born about 11 years after Charles VIII of France died, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor was born about 2 years after Charles VIII of France died and Nostradamus was born about 5 years after Charles VIII of France died.

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The 106 best-known contemporaries

106 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Charles VIII of France. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1484.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  4. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  7. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  8. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  9. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  10. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  11. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  12. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  13. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  14. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  15. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  16. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  17. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  18. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  19. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  20. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  21. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  22. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  23. Babur 1483 – 1530
  24. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  25. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  26. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  27. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  28. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  29. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  30. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  31. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  32. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  33. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  34. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  35. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  36. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  37. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  38. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  39. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  40. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  41. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  42. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  43. Jami 1414 – 1492
  44. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  45. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  46. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  47. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  48. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  49. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  50. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  51. Catherine of Aragon 1485 – 1536
  52. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  53. Ismail I 1487 – 1524
  54. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  55. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  56. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  57. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  58. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  59. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  60. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  61. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  62. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  63. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  64. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  65. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  66. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  67. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  68. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  69. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  70. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  71. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  72. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  73. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  74. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  75. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  76. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  77. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  78. Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 – 1543
  79. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  80. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  81. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  82. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  83. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  84. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  85. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  86. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  87. Marguerite de Navarre 1492 – 1549
  88. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  89. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  90. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  91. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  92. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  93. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  94. Juan Sebastián Elcano c. 1486 – 1526
  95. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 – 1534
  96. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  97. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  98. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  99. Georgius Agricola 1494 – 1555
  100. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  101. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  102. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  103. James IV 1473 – 1513
  104. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  105. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  106. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535