Who Was Alive

Were Geoffrey Chaucer and Władysław II Jagiełło alive at the same time?

Yes. Geoffrey Chaucer and Władysław II Jagiełło were alive at the same time, from 1362 to c. 1400.

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey Chaucer

English poet

Born c. 1343 · died c. 1400

Władysław II Jagiełło

Władysław II Jagiełło

King of Poland

Born 1362 · died 1 June 1434, aged 71 or 72

  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. Władysław II Jagiełło, 1362 – 1434
  8. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  9. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431

Geoffrey Chaucer and Władysław II Jagiełło 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 Władysław II Jagiełło were born

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