Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor were alive at the same time for 47 years, from 1459 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 7 or 8 when Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor was born.

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor was 47 when Christopher Columbus died, aged 54 or 55.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer

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

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 22 March 1459 · died 12 January 1519, aged 59

  1. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  3. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1459 – 1519
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  6. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  7. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Christopher Columbus and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 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

  • Columbus’s voyages 1493–1504Christopher Columbus was 40 or 41; Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor was 32 or 33

Where Christopher Columbus and Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor were born

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