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Edward IV
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Edward IV

Monarch of England

Born 28 April 1442 · died 9 April 1483, aged 40
Also known as Edward IV of England, Edward Plantagenet, King Edward IV

Who was alive at the same time as Edward IV?

  1. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  2. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  4. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  5. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  6. Edward IV, 1442 – 1483
  7. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  8. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  9. Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450 – 1516
  10. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  11. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  12. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  13. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512
  14. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  15. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  16. Guru Nanak, 1469 – 1539
  17. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  18. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  19. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  20. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  21. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  22. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  23. Babur, 1483 – 1530
  24. Raphael, 1483 – 1520

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When Edward IV was born, Mehmed II was 10, François Villon was 10 or 11, Pope Pius II was 36, Leon Battista Alberti was 38 and Pope Callixtus III was 63.

When Edward IV died, Leonardo da Vinci was 30, Michelangelo was 8, Christopher Columbus was 31 or 32, Niccolò Machiavelli was 13 and Nicolaus Copernicus was 10.

Born during Edward IV’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan, Raphael and Albrecht Dürer.

Not quite contemporaries: Martin Luther was born months after Edward IV died, Joan of Arc died about 11 years before Edward IV was born, Hernán Cortés was born about 2 years after Edward IV died and Jacques Cartier was born about 9 years after Edward IV died.

What happened in Edward IV’s lifetime

Where Edward IV’s contemporaries were born

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The 101 best-known contemporaries

101 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Edward IV. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1463.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  6. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  7. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  8. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  9. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  10. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  11. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  12. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  13. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  14. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  15. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  16. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  17. Babur 1483 – 1530
  18. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  19. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  20. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  21. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  22. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  23. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  24. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  25. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  26. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  27. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  28. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  29. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  30. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  31. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  32. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  33. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  34. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  35. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  36. Jami 1414 – 1492
  37. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  38. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  39. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  40. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  41. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  42. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  43. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  44. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  45. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  46. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  47. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  48. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  49. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  50. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  51. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  52. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  53. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  54. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  55. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  56. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  57. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  58. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  59. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  60. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  61. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  62. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  63. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  64. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  65. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  66. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  67. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  68. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  69. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  70. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  71. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  72. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  73. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  74. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  75. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  76. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  77. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  78. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  79. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  80. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  81. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  82. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  83. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  84. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  85. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  86. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  87. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  88. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  89. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  90. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  91. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  92. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  93. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  94. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  95. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  96. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  97. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  98. James IV 1473 – 1513
  99. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  100. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  101. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457