Who Was Alive

Were Dante Alighieri and Orhan alive at the same time?

Yes. Dante Alighieri and Orhan were alive at the same time for 40 years, from 1281 to 1321.

Orhan was 40 when Dante Alighieri died.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

Orhan

Orhan

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 6 February 1281 · died March 1362, aged 81

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Dante Alighieri and Orhan 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 Dante Alighieri and Orhan were born

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