Were Michelangelo and Bartolomé de las Casas alive at the same time?
Yes. Michelangelo and Bartolomé de las Casas were alive at the same time for 79 years, from 1484 to 1564.
Michelangelo was 9 when Bartolomé de las Casas was born.
Bartolomé de las Casas was 79 when Michelangelo died, aged 88.
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Events both lived through
- Columbus’s voyages 1493–1504Michelangelo was 16 or 17; Bartolomé de las Casas was 7 or 8
- Luther’s 95 Theses 1517Michelangelo was 42; Bartolomé de las Casas was 32
- Magellan’s circumnavigation 1519–1522Michelangelo was 44; Bartolomé de las Casas was 34
- Fall of Tenochtitlan 1521Michelangelo was 46; Bartolomé de las Casas was 36
- Sack of Rome (1527) 1527Michelangelo was 52; Bartolomé de las Casas was 42
- Copernicus publishes heliocentrism 1544Michelangelo was 67 or 68; Bartolomé de las Casas was 58 or 59
- Council of Trent 1545–1563Michelangelo was 70; Bartolomé de las Casas was 61
Where Michelangelo and Bartolomé de las Casas were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Michelangelo: Caprese Michelangelo
- Bartolomé de las Casas: Seville
- Leonardo da Vinci: Anchiano
- Galileo Galilei: Pisa
- Martin Luther: Eisleben
- Miguel de Cervantes: Alcalá de Henares
- Christopher Columbus: Genoa
- William Shakespeare: Stratford-upon-Avon