Who Was Alive

Were Geoffrey Chaucer and Henry IV of England alive at the same time?

Yes. Geoffrey Chaucer and Henry IV of England were alive at the same time, from 1367 to c. 1400.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

English poet

Born c. 1343 · died c. 1400

Henry IV of England

Henry IV of England

Monarch of England

Born April 1367 · died 20 March 1413, aged 45

  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. Henry IV of England, 1367 – 1413
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468

Geoffrey Chaucer and Henry IV of England 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 Henry IV of England were born

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