Who Was Alive

Were Leon Battista Alberti and Christopher Columbus alive at the same time?

Yes. Leon Battista Alberti and Christopher Columbus were alive at the same time for 20 or 21 years, from 1451 to 1472.

Leon Battista Alberti was 46 or 47 when Christopher Columbus was born.

Christopher Columbus was 20 or 21 when Leon Battista Alberti died, aged 68.

Leon Battista Alberti

Leon Battista Alberti

Italian architect and writer

Born 14 February 1404 · died 25 April 1472, aged 68

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus

Italian explorer

Born 1451 · died 20 May 1506, aged 54 or 55

  1. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  2. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  3. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  4. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  5. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  6. Albrecht Dürer, 1471 – 1528
  7. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  8. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  9. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Leon Battista Alberti and Christopher Columbus in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Leon Battista Alberti and Christopher Columbus were born

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