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Henry IV of England
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Henry IV of England

Monarch of England

Born April 1367 · died 20 March 1413, aged 45
Also known as King Henry IV, King Henry Bolingbroke, Henry Bolingbroke

Who was alive at the same time as Henry IV of England?

  1. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  2. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  3. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  4. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  5. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  7. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  8. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  9. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  10. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  11. Henry IV of England, 1367 – 1413
  12. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  13. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  14. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  15. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  16. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  17. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  18. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  19. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  20. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  21. Nicholas of Cusa, 1401 – 1464
  22. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  23. Skanderbeg, 1405 – 1468
  24. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464

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When Henry IV of England was born, Ibn Khaldun was 34 or 35, Petrarch was 62, Timur was 30 or 31, Giovanni Boccaccio was 53 or 54 and Edward III was 54.

When Henry IV of England died, Zheng He was 41 or 42, Pope Pius II was 7, Leon Battista Alberti was 9, Pope Callixtus III was 34 and Henry V of England was 26.

Born during Henry IV of England’s lifetime: Johannes Gutenberg, Zheng He, Donatello, Jan Hus, Pope Pius II, Leon Battista Alberti, Pope Callixtus III and Henry V of England.

Not quite contemporaries: Vlad the Impaler was born about 15 years after Henry IV of England died, Jami was born about a year after Henry IV of England died, Orhan died about 5 years before Henry IV of England was born and Louis XI was born about 10 years after Henry IV of England died.

Where Henry IV of England’s contemporaries were born

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The 62 best-known contemporaries

62 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Henry IV of England. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1390.

  1. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  2. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  3. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  10. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  11. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  12. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  13. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  14. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  15. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  16. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  17. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  18. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  19. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  20. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  21. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  22. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  23. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  24. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  25. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  26. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  27. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  28. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  29. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  30. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  31. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  32. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  33. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  34. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  35. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  36. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  37. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  38. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  39. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  40. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  41. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  42. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  43. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  44. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  45. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  46. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  47. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  48. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  49. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  50. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  51. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  52. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  53. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  54. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  55. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  56. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  57. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  58. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  59. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  60. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  61. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370
  62. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457