Who Was Alive

Were Geoffrey Chaucer and Mehmed I alive at the same time?

Yes. Geoffrey Chaucer and Mehmed I were alive at the same time, from 1386 to c. 1400.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

English poet

Born c. 1343 · died c. 1400

Mehmed I

Mehmed I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 1386 · died 26 May 1421, aged 34 or 35

  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. Mehmed I, 1386 – 1421
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Geoffrey Chaucer and Mehmed I 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 Mehmed I were born

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