Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Afonso de Albuquerque alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Afonso de Albuquerque were alive at the same time for 52 or 53 years, from 1453 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 1 or 2 when Afonso de Albuquerque was born.

Afonso de Albuquerque was 52 or 53 when Christopher Columbus died, aged 54 or 55.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer

Born 1451 · died 20 May 1506, aged 54 or 55

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque

Portuguese explorer

Born 1453 · died 16 December 1515, aged 61 or 62

  1. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  3. Afonso de Albuquerque, 1453 – 1515
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  6. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  7. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Christopher Columbus and Afonso de Albuquerque 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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Events both lived through

  • Wars of the Roses 1455–1487Christopher Columbus was 3 or 4; Afonso de Albuquerque was 1 or 2
  • Columbus’s voyages 1493–1504Christopher Columbus was 40 or 41; Afonso de Albuquerque was 38 or 39

Where Christopher Columbus and Afonso de Albuquerque were born

Christopher Columbus and Afonso de Albuquerque are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (7 of 7 placed); tap one to open that person.
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