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Murad I
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Murad I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 29 June 1326 · died 28 June 1389, aged 63

Who was alive at the same time as Murad I?

  1. Osman I, 1258 – 1326
  2. Giotto, c. 1272 – 1337
  3. Mansa Musa, c. 1280 – 1337
  4. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  5. William of Ockham, c. 1288 – c. 1349
  6. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  7. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  8. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  9. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  10. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  11. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  12. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  13. Murad I, 1326 – 1389
  14. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  15. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  16. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  17. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  18. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  19. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  20. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  21. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  22. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  23. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  24. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422

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When Murad I was born, Ibn Battuta was 22, Petrarch was 21, Giovanni Boccaccio was 12 or 13, Osman I was 67 and Orhan was 45.

When Murad I died, Ibn Khaldun was 56 or 57, Timur was 53, Zheng He was 17 or 18, Pope Callixtus III was 10 and Henry V of England was 2.

Born during Murad I’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Ibn Khaldun, Timur, Zheng He, Donatello, Jan Hus, Pope Callixtus III and Henry V of England.

Not quite contemporaries: Dante Alighieri died about 5 years before Murad I was born, Marco Polo died about 2 years before Murad I was born, Johannes Gutenberg was born about 4 years after Murad I died and Leon Battista Alberti was born about 15 years after Murad I died.

What happened in Murad I’s lifetime

Where Murad I’s contemporaries were born

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The 59 best-known contemporaries

59 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Murad I. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1358.

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  2. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  10. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  11. Osman I 1258 – 1326
  12. Giotto c. 1272 – 1337
  13. William of Ockham c. 1288 – c. 1349
  14. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  15. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  16. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  17. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  18. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  19. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  20. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  21. Mansa Musa c. 1280 – 1337
  22. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  23. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  24. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  25. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  26. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  27. Pope John XXII 1244 – 1334
  28. Ibn Taymiyya c. 1263 – c. 1328
  29. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  30. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  31. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  32. Pope Benedict XII 1280 – 1342
  33. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  34. Edward II 1284 – 1327
  35. Pope Clement VI 1291 – 1352
  36. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  37. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  38. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  39. Robert the Bruce 1274 – 1329
  40. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  41. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  42. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  43. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  44. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  45. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  46. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  47. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  48. Philip VI of France 1293 – 1350
  49. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  50. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  51. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  52. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  53. Charles IV of France 1294 – 1328
  54. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  55. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  56. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  57. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  58. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  59. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370