Who Was Alive

Were Otto the Great and Sviatoslav I alive at the same time?

Yes. Otto the Great and Sviatoslav I were alive at the same time, from c. AD 942 to AD 972.

Otto the Great was 59 or 60 when Sviatoslav I died.

Otto the Great

Otto the Great

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 23 November AD 912 · died 7 May AD 973, aged 60

Sviatoslav I

Sviatoslav I

Diplomat

Born c. AD 942 · died AD 972

  1. Abu Bakr al-Razi, AD 866 – AD 925
  2. Al-Farabi, c. AD 870 – AD 951
  3. Otto the Great, AD 912 – AD 973
  4. Pope John XII, c. AD 937 – AD 964
  5. Sviatoslav I, c. AD 942 – AD 972
  6. Ferdowsi, AD 940 – c. 1020
  7. Ibn al-Haytham, c. AD 965 – 1039

Otto the Great and Sviatoslav I in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries; dashed lines mark world events. Drag across, or use the arrow keys, to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

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Where Otto the Great and Sviatoslav I were born

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