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Christian I of Denmark
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Christian I of Denmark

Monarch of Norway

Born February 1426 · died 21 May 1481, aged 55
Also known as Christian I

Who was alive at the same time as Christian I of Denmark?

  1. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  2. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  3. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  4. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  5. Christian I of Denmark, 1426 – 1481
  6. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  7. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  8. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  9. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  10. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  11. Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450 – 1516
  12. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  13. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  14. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  15. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  16. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  17. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  18. Pope Paul III, 1468 – 1549
  19. Guru Nanak, 1469 – 1539
  20. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  21. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  22. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  23. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  24. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535

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When Christian I of Denmark was born, Zheng He was 54 or 55, Pope Pius II was 20, Leon Battista Alberti was 21 or 22, Pope Callixtus III was 47 and Jami was 11.

When Christian I of Denmark died, Leonardo da Vinci was 29, Michelangelo was 6, Christopher Columbus was 29 or 30, Niccolò Machiavelli was 12 and Nicolaus Copernicus was 8.

Born during Christian I of Denmark’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Albrecht Dürer, Vasco da Gama and Erasmus.

Not quite contemporaries: Martin Luther was born about 2 years after Christian I of Denmark died, Raphael was born about 2 years after Christian I of Denmark died, Hernán Cortés was born about 4 years after Christian I of Denmark died and Jacques Cartier was born about 11 years after Christian I of Denmark died.

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The 108 best-known contemporaries

108 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Christian I of Denmark. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1454.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  6. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  7. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  8. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  9. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  10. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  11. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  12. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  13. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  14. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  15. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  16. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  17. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  18. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  19. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  20. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  21. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  22. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  23. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  24. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  25. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  26. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  27. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  28. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  29. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  30. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  31. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  32. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  33. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  34. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  35. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  36. Jami 1414 – 1492
  37. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  38. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  39. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  40. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  41. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  42. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  43. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  44. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  45. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  46. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  47. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  48. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  49. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  50. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  51. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  52. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  53. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  54. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  55. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  56. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  57. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  58. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  59. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  60. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  61. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  62. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  63. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  64. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  65. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  66. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  67. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  68. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  69. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  70. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  71. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  72. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  73. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  74. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  75. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  76. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  77. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  78. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  79. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  80. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  81. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  82. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  83. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  84. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  85. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  86. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  87. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  88. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  89. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  90. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  91. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  92. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  93. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  94. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  95. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  96. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  97. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  98. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  99. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  100. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  101. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  102. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  103. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  104. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  105. James IV 1473 – 1513
  106. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  107. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  108. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457