Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Alessandro Manzoni alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Alessandro Manzoni were alive at the same time for 36 years, from 1785 to 1821.

Napoleon was 15 when Alessandro Manzoni was born.

Alessandro Manzoni was 36 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian writer and poet

Born 7 March 1785 · died 22 May 1873, aged 88

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Napoleon
  4. Alessandro Manzoni
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Mahatma Gandhi
  9. Vladimir Lenin
Napoleon and Alessandro Manzoni in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.