Who Was Alive

Were Geoffrey Chaucer and Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor alive at the same time?

Yes. Geoffrey Chaucer and Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor were alive at the same time, from 1368 to c. 1400.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

English poet

Born c. 1343 · died c. 1400

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 14 February 1368 · died 9 December 1437, aged 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. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, 1368 – 1437
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Geoffrey Chaucer and Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 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 Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor were born

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