Who Was Alive

Were Petrarch and Henry IV of England alive at the same time?

Yes. Petrarch and Henry IV of England were alive at the same time for 7 years, from 1367 to 1374.

Petrarch was 62 when Henry IV of England was born.

Henry IV of England was 7 when Petrarch died, aged 69.

Petrarch

Petrarch

Italian poet

Born 20 July 1304 · died 19 July 1374, aged 69

Henry IV of England

Henry IV of England

Monarch of England

Born April 1367 · died 20 March 1413, aged 45

  1. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  2. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  3. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  4. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  7. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  8. Henry IV of England, 1367 – 1413
  9. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468

Petrarch and Henry IV of England 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 Petrarch and Henry IV of England were born

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