Who Was Alive

Were Christopher Columbus and Pedro Álvares Cabral alive at the same time?

Yes. Christopher Columbus and Pedro Álvares Cabral were alive at the same time for 38 or 39 years, from 1467 to 1506.

Christopher Columbus was 15 or 16 when Pedro Álvares Cabral was born.

Pedro Álvares Cabral was 38 or 39 when Christopher Columbus died, aged 54 or 55.

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer

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

Pedro Álvares Cabral

Pedro Álvares Cabral

Portuguese explorer

Born 1467 · died c. 1520

  1. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  3. Pedro Álvares Cabral, 1467 – c. 1520
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  6. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  7. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Christopher Columbus and Pedro Álvares Cabral 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; Pedro Álvares Cabral was 24 or 25

Where Christopher Columbus and Pedro Álvares Cabral were born

Christopher Columbus and Pedro Álvares Cabral 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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