Who Was Alive

Were Marco Polo and Bridget of Sweden alive at the same time?

Yes. Marco Polo and Bridget of Sweden were alive at the same time for 20 or 21 years, from 1303 to 1324.

Marco Polo was 48 or 49 when Bridget of Sweden was born.

Bridget of Sweden was 20 or 21 when Marco Polo died, aged 69.

Marco Polo

Marco Polo

Venetian explorer and merchant

Born 15 September 1254 · died 8 January 1324, aged 69

Bridget of Sweden

Bridget of Sweden

Swedish mystic

Born 1303 · died 23 July 1373, aged 69 or 70

  1. Rumi, 1207 – 1273
  2. Thomas Aquinas, 1225 – 1274
  3. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  4. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  5. Bridget of Sweden, 1303 – 1373
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Marco Polo and Bridget of Sweden 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 Marco Polo and Bridget of Sweden were born

Marco Polo and Bridget of Sweden are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (9 of 9 placed); tap one to open that person.
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