Petrarch · Timur Were Petrarch and Timur alive at the same time? Yes. Petrarch and Timur were alive at the same time for 38 years, from 1336 to 1374. Petrarch was 31 when Timur was born.Timur was 38 when Petrarch died, aged 69. PetrarchItalian scholar and poetBorn 20 July 1304 · died 19 July 1374, aged 69TimurThe founder of the Timurid EmpireBorn 8–9 April 1336 · died 18–19 February 1405, aged 68 Marco PoloDante AlighieriIbn BattutaPetrarchHafezIbn KhaldunTimurGeoffrey Chaucer Petrarch and Timur 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.