Who Was Alive

Osman I

Founder of the Ottoman Empire

Born 23 August 1258 · died 1 August 1326, aged 67

Who was alive at the same time as Osman I?

  1. Albertus Magnus
  2. Rumi
  3. Saadi
  4. Louis IX of France
  5. Kublai Khan
  6. Roger Bacon
  7. Thomas Aquinas
  8. Marco Polo
  9. Osman I
  10. Dante Alighieri
  11. Giotto
  12. William of Ockham
  13. Ibn Battuta
  14. Petrarch
  15. Giovanni Boccaccio
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Osman I was born, Marco Polo was 3, Thomas Aquinas was 32 or 33, Rumi was 50, Kublai Khan was 42 and Louis IX of France was 43 or 44.

When Osman I died, Ibn Battuta was 22, Petrarch was 22 and Giovanni Boccaccio was 12 or 13.

Born during Osman I’s lifetime: Dante Alighieri, Ibn Battuta, Petrarch, Giovanni Boccaccio, Giotto and William of Ockham.

Not quite contemporaries: Geoffrey Chaucer was born 15 years after Osman I died, Ibn Khaldun was born 6 years after Osman I died, Timur was born 10 years after Osman I died and Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor died 8 years before Osman I was born.

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