Who Was Alive
Mehmed I
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Mehmed I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 1386 · died 26 May 1421, aged 34 or 35
Also known as Mehmed Çelebi

Who was alive at the same time as Mehmed I?

  1. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  2. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  3. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  4. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  5. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  6. Pope Martin V, c. 1369 – 1431
  7. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  8. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  9. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  10. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  11. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  12. Mehmed I, 1386 – 1421
  13. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  14. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  15. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  16. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  17. Nicholas of Cusa, 1401 – 1464
  18. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  19. Skanderbeg, 1405 – 1468
  20. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  21. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  22. Pope Sixtus IV, 1414 – 1484
  23. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  24. Pope Paul II, 1417 – 1471

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Mehmed I was born, Timur was 49 or 50, Zheng He was 14 or 15, Pope Callixtus III was 6 or 7, Pope Eugene IV was 2 or 3 and Christine de Pizan was 21 or 22.

When Mehmed I died, Zheng He was 49 or 50, Pope Pius II was 15, Leon Battista Alberti was 17, Pope Callixtus III was 42 and Henry V of England was 34.

Born during Mehmed I’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Johannes Gutenberg, Pope Pius II, Leon Battista Alberti, Jan van Eyck, Jami, Pope Nicholas V and Skanderbeg.

Not quite contemporaries: Petrarch died about 12 years before Mehmed I was born, Giovanni Boccaccio died about 11 years before Mehmed I was born, Mehmed II was born about 11 years after Mehmed I died and Pope Alexander VI was born about 8 years after Mehmed I died.

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Where Mehmed I’s contemporaries were born

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The 56 best-known contemporaries

56 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Mehmed I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1404.

  1. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  2. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  9. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  10. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  11. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  12. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  13. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  14. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  15. Jami 1414 – 1492
  16. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  17. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  18. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  19. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  20. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  21. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  22. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  23. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  24. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  25. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  26. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  27. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  28. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  29. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  30. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  31. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  32. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  33. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  34. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  35. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  36. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  37. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  38. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  39. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  40. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  41. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  42. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  43. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  44. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  45. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  46. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  47. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  48. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  49. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  50. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  51. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  52. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  53. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  54. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  55. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  56. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457