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Michael II
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Michael II

Byzantine emperor

Born AD 770 · died 2 October AD 829, aged 58 or 59
Also known as Michael the Amorian, Michael the Stammerer, Michael II the Amorian

Who was alive at the same time as Michael II?

  1. Pope Adrian I, AD 700 – AD 795
  2. Pope Stephen III, c. AD 720 – AD 772
  3. Jabir ibn Hayyan, AD 721 – AD 815
  4. Charlemagne, c. AD 744 – AD 814
  5. Pope Leo III, AD 750 – c. AD 816
  6. Abu Nuwas, c. AD 759 – AD 814
  7. Harun al-Rashid, AD 766 – AD 809
  8. Al-Shafi'i, AD 767 – AD 820
  9. Michael II, AD 770 – AD 829
  10. Pope Paschal I, c. AD 775 – AD 824
  11. Al-Khwarizmi, c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  12. Pope Eugene II, c. AD 780 – AD 827
  13. Louis the Pious, AD 778 – AD 840
  14. Ahmad ibn Hanbal, AD 780 – AD 855
  15. Adi Shankara, c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  16. Pope Leo IV, c. AD 790 – AD 855
  17. Pope Adrian II, AD 792 – AD 872
  18. Pope Gregory IV, c. AD 795 – AD 844
  19. Al-Kindi, c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  20. Pope Benedict III, c. AD 810 – AD 858
  21. Muhammad al-Bukhari, AD 810 – AD 870
  22. Pope Formosus, c. AD 816 – AD 896
  23. Pope John VIII, c. AD 820 – AD 882
  24. Charles the Bald, AD 823 – AD 877

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When Michael II was born, Jabir ibn Hayyan was 48 or 49, Harun al-Rashid was 3 or 4, Pope Leo III was 19 or 20, Al-Shafi'i was 2 or 3 and Abd al-Rahman I was 38 or 39.

When Michael II died, Louis the Pious was 51, Charles the Bald was 6, Muhammad al-Bukhari was 19, Ahmad ibn Hanbal was 48 and Pope Adrian II was 36 or 37.

Born during Michael II’s lifetime: Al-Khwarizmi, Adi Shankara, Louis the Pious, Al-Kindi, Charles the Bald, Muhammad al-Bukhari, Pope Gregory IV and Pope John VIII.

Not quite contemporaries: Li Bai died about 8 years before Michael II was born, Abu Hanifa died about 2 years before Michael II was born, Pepin the Short died about 2 years before Michael II was born and Pope Paul I died about 3 years before Michael II was born.

Where Michael II’s contemporaries were born

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Birthplaces as a list

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The 70 best-known contemporaries

70 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Michael II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 800.

  1. Charlemagne c. AD 744 – AD 814
  2. Al-Khwarizmi c. AD 780 – c. AD 850
  3. Abu Nuwas c. AD 759 – AD 814
  4. Jabir ibn Hayyan AD 721 – AD 815
  5. Harun al-Rashid AD 766 – AD 809
  6. Adi Shankara c. AD 788 – c. AD 821
  7. Pope Leo III AD 750 – c. AD 816
  8. Louis the Pious AD 778 – AD 840
  9. Al-Kindi c. AD 801 – c. AD 872
  10. Charles the Bald AD 823 – AD 877
  11. Pope Adrian I AD 700 – AD 795
  12. Muhammad al-Bukhari AD 810 – AD 870
  13. Pope Gregory IV c. AD 795 – AD 844
  14. Pope John VIII c. AD 820 – AD 882
  15. Al-Shafi'i AD 767 – AD 820
  16. Ahmad ibn Hanbal AD 780 – AD 855
  17. Pope Adrian II AD 792 – AD 872
  18. Pope Leo IV c. AD 790 – AD 855
  19. Pope Formosus c. AD 816 – AD 896
  20. Pope Paschal I c. AD 775 – AD 824
  21. Pope Stephen III c. AD 720 – AD 772
  22. Pope Eugene II c. AD 780 – AD 827
  23. Pope Benedict III c. AD 810 – AD 858
  24. Pope Nicholas I c. AD 820 – AD 867
  25. Pope Stephen IV c. AD 770 – AD 817
  26. Pope Sergius II c. AD 790 – AD 847
  27. Pope Valentine c. AD 780 – AD 827
  28. Malik ibn Anas c. AD 711 – AD 795
  29. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj AD 821 – AD 875
  30. Lothair I AD 795 – AD 855
  31. Irene of Athens c. AD 752 – AD 803
  32. Rabia Basri 710s – AD 801
  33. Alcuin c. AD 740 – AD 804
  34. Abd al-Rahman I AD 731 – AD 788
  35. John Scotus Eriugena 800s – AD 877
  36. Louis the German c. AD 806 – AD 876
  37. Roland AD 737 – AD 778
  38. Al-Ma'mun c. AD 786 – c. AD 833
  39. Constantine V AD 718 – AD 775
  40. Nikephoros I c. AD 750 – AD 811
  41. Bai Juyi AD 772 – AD 846
  42. Al-Jahiz AD 775 – c. AD 869
  43. Ecgberht, King of Wessex AD 771 – AD 839
  44. Han Yu AD 768 – AD 824
  45. Ali al-Rida AD 770 – AD 818
  46. Al-Mansur AD 713 – AD 775
  47. Carloman I AD 751 – AD 771
  48. Michael I Rangabe c. AD 770 – AD 844
  49. Leo V the Armenian AD 775 – AD 820
  50. Paul the Deacon c. AD 720 – c. AD 799
  51. Leo IV the Khazar AD 750 – AD 780
  52. Constantine VI AD 771 – c. AD 798
  53. Staurakios AD 775 – AD 812
  54. Abd ar-Rahman II AD 792 – AD 852
  55. Musa al-Kazim AD 745 – c. AD 799
  56. Krum AD 755 – AD 814
  57. Einhard c. AD 774 – AD 840
  58. Kūkai AD 774 – AD 835
  59. Al-Mu'tasim AD 796 – AD 842
  60. Al-Mahdi AD 744 – AD 785
  61. Theophanes the Confessor AD 759 – AD 817
  62. Rabanus Maurus c. AD 783 – AD 856
  63. Babak Khorramdin AD 798 – AD 838
  64. Desiderius c. AD 710 – c. AD 786
  65. Al-Hadi c. AD 763 – AD 786
  66. Pepin of Italy AD 777 – AD 810
  67. Al-Amin AD 787 – AD 813
  68. Emperor Kanmu AD 737 – AD 806
  69. Hisham I of Córdoba AD 757 – AD 796
  70. Alfonso II of Asturias AD 759 – AD 842