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Ivan III of Russia
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Ivan III of Russia

Statesperson

Born 22 January 1440 · died 27 October 1505, aged 65
Also known as Ivan III of Moscow, Ivan III, Ivan III the Great

Who was alive at the same time as Ivan III of Russia?

  1. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  2. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  3. Ivan III of Russia, 1440 – 1505
  4. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  5. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  6. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  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 Ivan III of Russia was born, Mehmed II was 7, François Villon was 8 or 9, Pope Pius II was 34, Leon Battista Alberti was 35 and Pope Callixtus III was 61.

When Ivan III of Russia died, Leonardo da Vinci was 53, Michelangelo was 30, Martin Luther was 21, Christopher Columbus was 53 or 54 and Niccolò Machiavelli was 36.

Born during Ivan III of Russia’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Martin Luther, Christopher Columbus, Niccolò Machiavelli, Nicolaus Copernicus, Ferdinand Magellan and Raphael.

Not quite contemporaries: Joan of Arc died about 9 years before Ivan III of Russia was born, Zheng He died about 4 years before Ivan III of Russia was born, John Calvin was born about 4 years after Ivan III of Russia died and Teresa of Ávila was born about 10 years after Ivan III of Russia died.

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The 141 best-known contemporaries

141 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ivan III of Russia. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1473.

  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. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  51. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  52. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  53. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  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. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  60. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  61. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  62. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  63. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  64. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  65. Pope Clement VII 1478 – 1534
  66. Catherine of Aragon 1485 – 1536
  67. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  68. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  69. Ismail I 1487 – 1524
  70. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  71. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  72. Bartolomeu Dias c. 1467 – 1500
  73. Pedro Álvares Cabral 1467 – c. 1520
  74. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  75. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  76. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  77. Louis XII 1462 – 1515
  78. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  79. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  80. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  81. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  82. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  83. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  84. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  85. Hayreddin Barbarossa c. 1478 – 1546
  86. Lucrezia Borgia 1480 – 1519
  87. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503 – 1564
  88. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  89. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  90. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  91. Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 1463 – 1494
  92. Charles VIII of France 1470 – 1498
  93. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  94. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  95. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  96. Pope Marcellus II 1501 – 1555
  97. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  98. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  99. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  100. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  101. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  102. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  103. Hans Holbein the Younger 1497 – 1543
  104. Hernando de Soto c. 1500 – 1542
  105. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  106. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  107. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  108. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  109. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  110. Atahualpa c. 1500 – 1533
  111. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  112. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  113. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  114. Moctezuma II 1466 – 1520
  115. Marguerite de Navarre 1492 – 1549
  116. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  117. Giorgione 1478 – 1510
  118. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  119. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  120. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  121. Benvenuto Cellini 1500 – 1571
  122. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  123. Cesare Borgia 1475 – 1507
  124. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  125. Juan Sebastián Elcano c. 1486 – 1526
  126. Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 1486 – 1534
  127. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  128. Bronzino 1503 – 1572
  129. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  130. Manuel I of Portugal 1469 – 1521
  131. Georgius Agricola 1494 – 1555
  132. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  133. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  134. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  135. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  136. Vasco Núñez de Balboa c. 1475 – 1519
  137. James IV 1473 – 1513
  138. Baldassare Castiglione 1478 – 1529
  139. Vasili III of Russia 1479 – 1533
  140. Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa 1486 – 1535
  141. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457