Who Was Alive

Were Dante Alighieri and William Wallace alive at the same time?

Yes. Dante Alighieri and William Wallace were alive at the same time for 34 or 35 years, from 1270 to 1305.

Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri

Poet and philosopher

Born c. 1265 · died 14 September 1321

William Wallace

William Wallace

Scottish knight

Born 1270 · died 23 August 1305, aged 34 or 35

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. William Wallace, 1270 – 1305
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374

Dante Alighieri and William Wallace 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 William Wallace were born

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