Who Was Alive

Were Leon Battista Alberti and Niccolò Machiavelli alive at the same time?

Yes. Leon Battista Alberti and Niccolò Machiavelli were alive at the same time for 2 years, from 1469 to 1472.

Leon Battista Alberti was 65 when Niccolò Machiavelli was born.

Niccolò Machiavelli was 2 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

Niccolò Machiavelli

Niccolò Machiavelli

Diplomat and political theorist

Born 3 May 1469 · died 21 June 1527, aged 58

  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 Niccolò Machiavelli 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 Niccolò Machiavelli were born

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