Were Michelangelo and Pope Paul IV alive at the same time?
Yes. Michelangelo and Pope Paul IV were alive at the same time for 83 years, from 1476 to 1559.
Michelangelo was 1 when Pope Paul IV was born.
Michelangelo was 84 when Pope Paul IV died, aged 83.
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Events both lived through
- Columbus’s voyages 1493–1504Michelangelo was 16 or 17; Pope Paul IV was 15 or 16
- Luther’s 95 Theses 1517Michelangelo was 42; Pope Paul IV was 41
- Magellan’s circumnavigation 1519–1522Michelangelo was 44; Pope Paul IV was 43
- Fall of Tenochtitlan 1521Michelangelo was 46; Pope Paul IV was 44
- Sack of Rome (1527) 1527Michelangelo was 52; Pope Paul IV was 50
- Copernicus publishes heliocentrism 1544Michelangelo was 67 or 68; Pope Paul IV was 66 or 67
- Council of Trent 1545–1563Michelangelo was 70; Pope Paul IV was 69
Where Michelangelo and Pope Paul IV were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Michelangelo: Caprese Michelangelo
- Pope Paul IV: Capriglia Irpina
- Leonardo da Vinci: Anchiano
- Galileo Galilei: Pisa
- Martin Luther: Eisleben
- Miguel de Cervantes: Alcalá de Henares
- Christopher Columbus: Genoa