Who Was Alive

Were Leonardo da Vinci and Bartolomé de las Casas alive at the same time?

Yes. Leonardo da Vinci and Bartolomé de las Casas were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1484 to 1519.

Leonardo da Vinci was 32 when Bartolomé de las Casas was born.

Bartolomé de las Casas was 34 when Leonardo da Vinci died, aged 67.

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo da Vinci

Italian polymath

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

Bartolomé de las Casas

Bartolomé de las Casas

Spanish friar and historian

Born 11 November 1484 · died 17 July 1566, aged 81

  1. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  2. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  3. Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469 – 1527
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus, 1473 – 1543
  5. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  6. Martin Luther, 1483 – 1546
  7. Bartolomé de las Casas, 1484 – 1566
  8. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  9. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616

Leonardo da Vinci and Bartolomé de las Casas 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 Bartolomé de las Casas were born

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