Who Was Alive

Were Geoffrey Chaucer and Filippo Brunelleschi alive at the same time?

Yes. Geoffrey Chaucer and Filippo Brunelleschi were alive at the same time, from 1377 to c. 1400.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

English poet

Born c. 1343 · died c. 1400

Filippo Brunelleschi

Filippo Brunelleschi

Italian architect and sculptor

Born 1377 · died 15 April 1446, aged 68 or 69

  1. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  2. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  3. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  4. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  6. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  7. Filippo Brunelleschi, 1377 – 1446
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Geoffrey Chaucer and Filippo Brunelleschi 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 Geoffrey Chaucer and Filippo Brunelleschi were born

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