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Henry VII of England
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Henry VII of England

Monarch of England

Born 28 January 1457 · died 21 April 1509, aged 52
Also known as Solomon of England, Henry Tudor

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

  1. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  2. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  3. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  4. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  5. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  6. Henry VII of England, 1457 – 1509
  7. Vasco da Gama, c. 1464 – 1524
  8. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536
  9. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  10. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  11. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  12. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  13. Thomas More, c. 1478 – 1535
  14. Ferdinand Magellan, c. 1480 – 1521
  15. Raphael, 1483 – 1520
  16. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  17. Hernán Cortés, 1485 – 1547
  18. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  19. Henry VIII, 1491 – 1547
  20. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  21. François Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
  22. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566
  23. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500 – 1558
  24. Nostradamus, 1503 – 1566

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When Henry VII of England was born, Leonardo da Vinci was 4, Christopher Columbus was 5 or 6, Mehmed II was 24, Amerigo Vespucci was 2 and Isabella I of Castile was 5.

When Henry VII of England died, Leonardo da Vinci was 57, Michelangelo was 34, Martin Luther was 25, Niccolò Machiavelli was 39 and Nicolaus Copernicus was 36.

Born during Henry VII of England’s lifetime: Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan, Raphael, Albrecht Dürer and Vasco da Gama.

Not quite contemporaries: John Calvin was born months after Henry VII of England died, Teresa of Ávila was born about 6 years after Henry VII of England died, Mary I was born about 7 years after Henry VII of England died and Pieter Bruegel the Elder was born about 14 years after Henry VII of England died.

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The 135 best-known contemporaries

135 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Henry VII of England. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1483.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  3. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  4. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  6. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  7. Ferdinand Magellan c. 1480 – 1521
  8. Raphael 1483 – 1520
  9. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  10. Vasco da Gama c. 1464 – 1524
  11. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  12. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  13. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  14. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  15. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  16. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  17. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  18. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  19. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500 – 1558
  20. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  21. Nostradamus 1503 – 1566
  22. Henry VIII 1491 – 1547
  23. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  24. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  25. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  26. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  27. Babur 1483 – 1530
  28. Guru Nanak 1469 – 1539
  29. Paracelsus 1493 – 1541
  30. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  31. Anne Boleyn 1501 – 1536
  32. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  33. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  34. Huldrych Zwingli 1484 – 1531
  35. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  36. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  37. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  38. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  39. Pope Paul III 1468 – 1549
  40. Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521
  41. Ludovico Ariosto 1474 – 1533
  42. Francis I of France 1494 – 1547
  43. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  44. Pope Pius V 1504 – 1572
  45. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  46. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  47. Selim I 1470 – 1520
  48. Francisco Pizarro c. 1478 – 1541
  49. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  50. Francis Xavier 1506 – 1552
  51. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  52. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  53. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  54. Jami 1414 – 1492
  55. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  56. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  57. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  58. Pope Pius IV 1499 – 1565
  59. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  60. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  61. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  62. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  63. Catherine of Aragon 1485 – 1536
  64. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  65. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  66. Ismail I 1487 – 1524
  67. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  68. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  69. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  70. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  71. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  72. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  73. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  74. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  75. Humayun 1508 – 1556
  76. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  77. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  78. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  79. Andrea Palladio 1508 – c. 1580
  80. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  81. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  82. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  83. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  84. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503 – 1564
  85. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  86. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  87. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  88. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  89. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  90. Pope Marcellus II 1501 – 1555
  91. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  92. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  93. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  94. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  95. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  96. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  97. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  98. Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 – 1543
  99. Hernando de Soto c. 1500 – 1542
  100. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  101. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  102. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  103. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  104. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  105. Atahualpa c. 1500 – 1533
  106. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  107. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  108. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  109. Marguerite de Navarre 1492 – 1549
  110. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  111. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  112. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  113. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  114. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  115. Benvenuto Cellini 1500 – 1571
  116. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  117. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  118. Juan Sebastián Elcano c. 1486 – 1526
  119. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 – 1534
  120. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  121. Bronzino 1503 – 1572
  122. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  123. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  124. Georgius Agricola 1494 – 1555
  125. Jane Seymour 1508 – 1537
  126. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  127. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  128. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  129. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  130. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  131. James IV 1473 – 1513
  132. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  133. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  134. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535
  135. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457