Who Was Alive

Mu'awiya II

Caliph

Born 28 March AD 661 · died June AD 684, aged 23
Also known as Mu'awiya ibn Yazid

Who was alive at the same time as Mu'awiya II?

  1. Pope Agatho, AD 574 – AD 681
  2. Brahmagupta, c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  3. Pope Vitalian, c. AD 600 – AD 672
  4. Xuanzang, AD 602 – AD 664
  5. Mu'awiya I, AD 603 – AD 680
  6. Pope Leo II, AD 611 – AD 683
  7. Aisha, AD 614 – c. AD 678
  8. Wu Zetian, AD 624 – AD 705
  9. Hasan ibn Ali, AD 625 – AD 669
  10. Husayn ibn Ali, AD 626 – AD 680
  11. Pope Conon, AD 630 – AD 687
  12. Pope Benedict II, AD 635 – AD 685
  13. Pope John V, AD 635 – AD 686
  14. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan, c. AD 646 – AD 705
  15. Pope Sisinnius, c. AD 650 – AD 708
  16. Pope John VII, AD 650 – AD 707
  17. Pope Sergius I, AD 650 – AD 701
  18. Pope John VI, AD 655 – AD 705
  19. Mu'awiya II, AD 661 – AD 684
  20. Pope Gregory II, AD 669 – AD 731
  21. Bede, c. AD 672 – AD 735
  22. John of Damascus, c. AD 675 – AD 749
  23. Pope Zachary, AD 679 – AD 752
  24. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, AD 681 – c. AD 720

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When Mu'awiya II was born, Aisha was 46 or 47, Husayn ibn Ali was 35, Mu'awiya I was 57 or 58, Pope Benedict II was 25 or 26 and Hasan ibn Ali was 36.

When Mu'awiya II died, Pope Gregory II was 14 or 15, Pope Benedict II was 48 or 49, Pope John VII was 33 or 34, Pope Sergius I was 33 or 34 and Pope John VI was 28 or 29.

Born during Mu'awiya II’s lifetime: Bede, Pope Gregory II, John of Damascus, Pope Zachary, Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz, Leo III the Isaurian, Justinian II and Tariq ibn Ziyad.

Not quite contemporaries: Uthman died about 5 years before Mu'awiya II was born, Charles Martel was born about 4 years after Mu'awiya II died, Pope Martin I died about 6 years before Mu'awiya II was born and Ja'far al-Sadiq was born about 15 years after Mu'awiya II died.

Where Mu'awiya II’s contemporaries were born

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Compare Mu'awiya II

The 71 best-known contemporaries

71 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Mu'awiya II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in AD 673.

  1. Brahmagupta c. AD 598 – c. AD 670
  2. Aisha AD 614 – c. AD 678
  3. Husayn ibn Ali AD 626 – AD 680
  4. Mu'awiya I AD 603 – AD 680
  5. Bede c. AD 672 – AD 735
  6. Pope Gregory II AD 669 – AD 731
  7. Pope Benedict II AD 635 – AD 685
  8. Hasan ibn Ali AD 625 – AD 669
  9. John of Damascus c. AD 675 – AD 749
  10. Pope Leo II AD 611 – AD 683
  11. Xuanzang AD 602 – AD 664
  12. Pope John VII AD 650 – AD 707
  13. Pope Sergius I AD 650 – AD 701
  14. Pope Agatho AD 574 – AD 681
  15. Pope John VI AD 655 – AD 705
  16. Pope Zachary AD 679 – AD 752
  17. Pope Vitalian c. AD 600 – AD 672
  18. Pope John V AD 635 – AD 686
  19. Wu Zetian AD 624 – AD 705
  20. Pope Sisinnius c. AD 650 – AD 708
  21. Pope Conon AD 630 – AD 687
  22. Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan c. AD 646 – AD 705
  23. Umar ibn Abd al-Aziz AD 681 – c. AD 720
  24. Leo III the Isaurian AD 675 – AD 741
  25. Yazid I AD 646 – AD 683
  26. Justinian II AD 669 – AD 711
  27. Tariq ibn Ziyad AD 670 – AD 720
  28. Constans II AD 630 – AD 668
  29. Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr AD 624 – AD 692
  30. Maximus the Confessor AD 579 – AD 662
  31. Hafsa bint Umar AD 604 – AD 665
  32. Ibn Abbas c. AD 619 – AD 688
  33. Constantine IV AD 652 – AD 685
  34. Amr ibn al-As AD 570 – AD 664
  35. Marwan I AD 623 – AD 685
  36. Ali al-Sajjad AD 659 – AD 713
  37. Asparuh of Bulgaria c. AD 640 – c. AD 701
  38. Abu Hurayra AD 602 – AD 679
  39. Leontius AD 660 – AD 706
  40. Al-Walid I AD 668 – AD 715
  41. Saint Boniface c. AD 675 – AD 754
  42. Sulayman ibn Abd al-Malik AD 675 – AD 717
  43. Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas AD 595 – c. AD 675
  44. Umm Salama AD 596 – AD 681
  45. Zaynab bint Ali c. AD 627 – c. AD 684
  46. Isaac the Syrian c. AD 640 – c. AD 700
  47. Muhammad al-Baqir AD 677 – AD 733
  48. Childebert III AD 678 – AD 711
  49. Sawdah bint Zam'ah AD 589 – AD 674
  50. Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab c. AD 610 – AD 693
  51. Chlothar III c. AD 650 – AD 673
  52. Theuderic III 650s – AD 691
  53. Umm Habiba c. AD 594 – AD 665
  54. Childeric II AD 655 – AD 675
  55. Chilperic II c. AD 673 – AD 721
  56. Clovis IV c. AD 677 – AD 695
  57. Maymunah bint al-Harith c. AD 592 – AD 672
  58. Safiyya bint Huyayy c. AD 610 – AD 670
  59. Juwayriya bint al-Harith AD 608 – AD 676
  60. Hasan al-Basri AD 642 – AD 728
  61. Pepin of Herstal c. AD 645 – AD 714
  62. Empress Jitō AD 645 – AD 703
  63. Emperor Tenji AD 626 – AD 672
  64. Dagobert II AD 652 – AD 679
  65. Al-Hajjaj ibn Yusuf AD 661 – AD 714
  66. Empress Kōgyoku AD 594 – AD 661
  67. Empress Genmei AD 661 – AD 721
  68. Kahina AD 668 – AD 703
  69. Anas ibn Malik AD 611 – AD 713
  70. Emperor Tenmu AD 631 – AD 686
  71. Kubrat c. AD 595 – AD 665