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Hongwu Emperor
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Hongwu Emperor

Emperor of China

Born 29 October 1328 · died 24 June 1398, aged 69
Also known as Emperor Taizu of Ming, Taizu of Ming, Emperor Hongwu

Who was alive at the same time as Hongwu Emperor?

  1. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  2. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  3. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  4. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  5. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  6. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  7. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  9. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  10. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  11. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  12. Hongwu Emperor, 1328 – 1398
  13. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  14. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  15. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  16. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  17. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  18. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  19. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  20. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  21. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  22. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  23. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  24. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441

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When Hongwu Emperor was born, Ibn Battuta was 24, Petrarch was 24, Giovanni Boccaccio was 14 or 15, Orhan was 47 and Edward III was 15.

When Hongwu Emperor died, Ibn Khaldun was 65 or 66, Timur was 62, Zheng He was 26 or 27, Pope Callixtus III was 19 and Henry V of England was 11.

Born during Hongwu Emperor’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Khaldun, Timur, Zheng He, Donatello, Jan Hus, Pope Callixtus III and Henry V of England.

Not quite contemporaries: Dante Alighieri died about 7 years before Hongwu Emperor was born, Marco Polo died about 4 years before Hongwu Emperor was born, Joan of Arc was born about 12 years after Hongwu Emperor died and Osman I died about 2 years before Hongwu Emperor was born.

What happened in Hongwu Emperor’s lifetime

Where Hongwu Emperor’s contemporaries were born

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The 61 best-known contemporaries

61 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Hongwu Emperor. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1363.

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  2. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  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. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  12. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  13. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  14. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  15. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  16. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  17. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  18. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  19. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  20. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  21. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  22. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  23. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  24. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  25. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  26. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  27. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  28. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  29. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  30. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  31. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  32. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  33. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  34. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  35. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  36. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  37. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  38. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  39. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  40. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  41. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  42. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  43. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  44. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  45. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  46. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  47. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  48. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  49. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  50. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  51. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  52. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  53. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  54. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  55. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  56. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  57. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  58. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  59. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  60. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  61. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370