Who Was Alive

Were Geoffrey Chaucer and Sejong the Great alive at the same time?

Yes. Geoffrey Chaucer and Sejong the Great were alive at the same time, from 1397 to c. 1400.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

English poet

Born c. 1343 · died c. 1400

Sejong the Great

King of Joseon Dynasty

Born 10 April 1397 · died 17 February 1450, aged 52

  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. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  8. Sejong the Great, 1397 – 1450
  9. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Geoffrey Chaucer and Sejong the Great 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 Sejong the Great were born

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