Who Was Alive

Were Constantine XI Palaiologos and Christopher Columbus alive at the same time?

Yes. Constantine XI Palaiologos and Christopher Columbus were alive at the same time for 1 or 2 years, from 1451 to 1453.

Constantine XI Palaiologos was 46 or 47 when Christopher Columbus was born.

Christopher Columbus was 1 or 2 when Constantine XI Palaiologos died, aged 49.

Constantine XI Palaiologos

Constantine XI Palaiologos

Byzantine emperor

Born 8 February 1404 · died 29 May 1453, aged 49

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer

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

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Constantine XI Palaiologos, 1404 – 1453
  4. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  5. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  6. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  7. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  9. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  10. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Constantine XI Palaiologos and Christopher Columbus 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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Where Constantine XI Palaiologos and Christopher Columbus were born

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