Who Was Alive

Were Geoffrey Chaucer and Jan van Eyck alive at the same time?

Yes. Geoffrey Chaucer and Jan van Eyck were alive at the same time, from c. 1390 to c. 1400.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

English poet

Born c. 1343 · died c. 1400

Jan van Eyck

Jan van Eyck

Painter

Born c. 1390 · died 9 June 1441

  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. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Geoffrey Chaucer and Jan van Eyck 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 Jan van Eyck were born

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