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Krum
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Krum

Bulgarian monarch

Born AD 755 · died 13 April AD 814, aged 58 or 59

Who was alive at the same time as Krum?

  1. Abu Hanifa, AD 699 – c. AD 768
  2. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  3. Pope Paul I, AD 700 – AD 767
  4. Li Bai, AD 701 – AD 762
  5. Du Fu, AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Pepin the Short, c. AD 716 – AD 768
  7. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  8. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  9. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  10. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  12. Krum, AD 755 – AD 814
  13. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  14. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  15. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  16. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  17. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  18. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  19. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  20. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  21. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  22. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  23. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  24. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870

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When Krum was born, Li Bai was 53 or 54, Du Fu was 42 or 43, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 33 or 34, Abu Hanifa was 55 or 56 and Pope Leo III was 4 or 5.

When Krum died, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 92 or 93, Pope Leo III was 63 or 64, Louis the Pious was 35, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 3 and Al-Shafi'i was 46.

Born during Krum’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Harun al-Rashid, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV and Al-Shafi'i.

Not quite contemporaries: Charles Martel died about 14 years before Krum was born, Charles the Bald was born about 9 years after Krum died, Pope John VIII was born about 4 years after Krum died and John of Damascus died about 6 years before Krum was born.

Where Krum’s contemporaries were born

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The 77 best-known contemporaries

77 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Krum. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 785.

  1. Li Bai AD 701 – AD 762
  2. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  3. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  4. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  5. Du Fu AD 712 – AD 770
  6. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  7. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  9. Abu Hanifa AD 699 – c. AD 768
  10. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  11. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  12. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  13. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  14. Pepin the Short c. AD 716 – AD 768
  15. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  16. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  17. Pope Paul I AD 700 – AD 767
  18. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  19. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  20. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  21. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  22. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  23. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  24. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  25. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  26. Pope Stephen II c. AD 714 – AD 757
  27. Ja'far al-Sadiq c. AD 701 – c. AD 765
  28. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  29. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  30. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  31. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  32. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  33. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  34. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  35. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  36. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  37. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  38. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  39. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  40. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  41. Padmasambhava AD 717 – AD 762
  42. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  43. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  44. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  45. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  46. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  47. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  48. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  49. Wang Wei AD 699 – c. AD 760
  50. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  51. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  52. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  53. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  54. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  55. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  56. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  57. Michael II AD 770 – AD 829
  58. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  59. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  60. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  61. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  62. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  63. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  64. Ibn Ishaq AD 704 – AD 768
  65. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  66. Emperor Xuanzong of Tang c. AD 684 – c. AD 765
  67. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  68. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  69. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  70. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  71. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  72. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  73. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  74. Shantideva c. AD 685 – c. AD 763
  75. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  76. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  77. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842