Who Was Alive

Were Henry IV of England and Johannes Gutenberg alive at the same time?

Yes. Henry IV of England and Johannes Gutenberg were alive at the same time, from 1393–1406 to 1413.

Henry IV of England

Henry IV of England

Monarch of England

Born April 1367 · died 20 March 1413, aged 45

Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg

German inventor

Born 1393–1406 · died 1468

  1. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  2. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  3. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  5. Henry IV of England, 1367 – 1413
  6. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  7. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  8. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  9. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  10. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536

Henry IV of England and Johannes Gutenberg 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 Henry IV of England and Johannes Gutenberg were born

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