Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Afonso de Albuquerque alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Afonso de Albuquerque were alive at the same time for 61 or 62 years, from 1453 to 1515.

Leonardo da Vinci was about a year old when Afonso de Albuquerque was born.

Leonardo da Vinci was 63 when Afonso de Albuquerque died, aged 61 or 62.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath

Born 15 April 1452 · died 2 May 1519, aged 67

Afonso de Albuquerque

Afonso de Albuquerque

Portuguese explorer

Born 1453 · died 16 December 1515, aged 61 or 62

  1. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  3. Afonso de Albuquerque, 1453 – 1515
  4. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  5. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  6. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  7. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546

Leonardo da Vinci and Afonso de Albuquerque 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 Leonardo da Vinci and Afonso de Albuquerque were born

Leonardo da Vinci and Afonso de Albuquerque are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (7 of 7 placed); tap one to open that person.
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