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Guido of Arezzo
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Guido of Arezzo

Monk and inventor

Born c. AD 992 · died 1050
Also known as Guido d'Arezzo, Guido Aretinus, Guido da Arezzo

Who was alive at the same time as Guido of Arezzo?

  1. Hugh Capet, AD 940 – AD 996
  2. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. Vladimir the Great, c. AD 956 – 1015
  4. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039
  5. Sei Shōnagon, c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  6. Leif Erikson, c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  7. Pope Gregory V, AD 972 – AD 999
  8. Stephen I of Hungary, c. AD 975 – 1038
  9. Pope John XIX, c. AD 975 – 1032
  10. Al-Biruni, AD 973 – 1048
  11. Avicenna, c. AD 981 – 1037
  12. Pope Benedict VIII, c. AD 980 – 1024
  13. Guido of Arezzo, c. AD 992 – 1050
  14. Pope Nicholas II, 990s – 1061
  15. Cnut, AD 994 – 1035
  16. Pope Gregory VI, c. 1000 – 1048
  17. Pope Damasus II, c. 1000 – 1048
  18. Pope Leo IX, 1002 – 1054
  19. Pope Clement II, 1005 – 1047
  20. Pope Alexander II, 1010s – 1073
  21. Harold Godwinson, c. 1023 – 1066
  22. William the Conqueror, c. 1028 – 1087
  23. Anselm of Canterbury, c. 1033 – 1109
  24. Pope Urban II, c. 1035 – 1099

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When Guido of Arezzo died, Pope Leo IX was 47 or 48, Alp Arslan was 20 or 21, Henry I of France was 41 or 42, Al-Ma'arri was 76 or 77 and Shen Kuo was 18 or 19.

Born during Guido of Arezzo’s lifetime: William the Conqueror, Pope Urban II, Anselm of Canterbury, Pope Leo IX, Pope Alexander II, Harold Godwinson, Pope Gregory VI and Pope Clement II.

Not quite contemporaries: Al-Ghazali was born about 3 years after Guido of Arezzo died, Pope Callixtus II was born about 12 years after Guido of Arezzo died, Godfrey of Bouillon was born about 9 years after Guido of Arezzo died and Pope Gelasius II was born about 9 years after Guido of Arezzo died.

Where Guido of Arezzo’s contemporaries were born

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The 41 best-known contemporaries

41 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Guido of Arezzo. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1023.

  1. Avicenna c. AD 981 – 1037
  2. Ferdowsi AD 940 – c. 1020
  3. William the Conqueror c. 1028 – 1087
  4. Al-Biruni AD 973 – 1048
  5. Ibn al-Haytham c. AD 965 – 1039
  6. Leif Erikson c. AD 972 – c. 1020
  7. Pope Urban II c. 1035 – 1099
  8. Anselm of Canterbury c. 1033 – 1109
  9. Vladimir the Great c. AD 956 – 1015
  10. Hugh Capet AD 940 – AD 996
  11. Pope Gregory V AD 972 – AD 999
  12. Cnut AD 994 – 1035
  13. Pope Leo IX 1002 – 1054
  14. Pope Alexander II 1010s – 1073
  15. Harold Godwinson c. 1023 – 1066
  16. Pope Benedict VIII c. AD 980 – 1024
  17. Pope Gregory VI c. 1000 – 1048
  18. Pope Clement II 1005 – 1047
  19. Stephen I of Hungary c. AD 975 – 1038
  20. Pope Nicholas II 990s – 1061
  21. Pope John XIX c. AD 975 – 1032
  22. Pope Damasus II c. 1000 – 1048
  23. Sei Shōnagon c. AD 966 – c. 1025
  24. Pope Sergius IV c. AD 970 – 1012
  25. Alexios I Komnenos 1048 – 1118
  26. Basil II AD 958 – 1025
  27. Pope Victor III c. 1028 – 1087
  28. Bolesław I the Brave AD 967 – 1025
  29. Pope Sylvester III c. 1000 – c. 1065
  30. Erik the Red c. AD 950 – 1003
  31. Yaroslav the Wise AD 978 – 1054
  32. Alp Arslan 1029 – 1072
  33. Mahmud of Ghazni AD 971 – 1030
  34. Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor AD 973 – 1024
  35. Henry I of France 1008 – 1060
  36. Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor AD 980 – 1002
  37. Robert II of France AD 972 – 1031
  38. Al-Ma'arri AD 973 – 1057
  39. Shen Kuo 1031 – 1095
  40. Anne of Kiev c. 1025 – 1070s
  41. Harald Hardrada c. 1015 – 1066