Were Michelangelo and Gustav Vasa alive at the same time?
Yes. Michelangelo and Gustav Vasa were alive at the same time for 64 years, from 1496 to 1560.
Michelangelo was 21 when Gustav Vasa was born.
Michelangelo was 85 when Gustav Vasa died, aged 64.
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Events both lived through
- Luther’s 95 Theses 1517Michelangelo was 42; Gustav Vasa was 21
- Magellan’s circumnavigation 1519–1522Michelangelo was 44; Gustav Vasa was 23
- Fall of Tenochtitlan 1521Michelangelo was 46; Gustav Vasa was 24
- Sack of Rome (1527) 1527Michelangelo was 52; Gustav Vasa was 30
- Copernicus publishes heliocentrism 1544Michelangelo was 67 or 68; Gustav Vasa was 46 or 47
- Council of Trent 1545–1563Michelangelo was 70; Gustav Vasa was 49
Where Michelangelo and Gustav Vasa were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Michelangelo: Caprese Michelangelo
- Gustav Vasa: Lindholmens
- Leonardo da Vinci: Anchiano
- Galileo Galilei: Pisa
- Martin Luther: Eisleben
- Miguel de Cervantes: Alcalá de Henares
- Christopher Columbus: Genoa