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Pope Boniface IX
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Pope Boniface IX

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 1356 · died 1 October 1404, aged 47 or 48
Also known as Boniface IX

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Boniface IX?

  1. Orhan, 1281 – 1362
  2. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  4. Edward III, 1312 – 1377
  5. Giovanni Boccaccio, 1313 – 1375
  6. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor, 1316 – 1378
  7. John Wycliffe, 1320s – 1384
  8. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  9. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  10. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  11. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  12. Catherine of Siena, 1347 – 1380
  13. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  14. Pope Boniface IX, 1356 – 1404
  15. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  16. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  17. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  18. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  19. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  20. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  21. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  22. Pope Nicholas V, c. 1397 – 1455
  23. Nicholas of Cusa, 1401 – 1464
  24. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472

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When Pope Boniface IX was born, Ibn Battuta was 51 or 52, Petrarch was 51 or 52, Timur was 19 or 20, Giovanni Boccaccio was 42 or 43 and Orhan was 74 or 75.

When Pope Boniface IX died, Ibn Khaldun was 71 or 72, Timur was 68, Zheng He was 32 or 33, Leon Battista Alberti was under a year old and Pope Callixtus III was 25.

Born during Pope Boniface IX’s lifetime: Zheng He, Donatello, Jan Hus, Leon Battista Alberti, Pope Callixtus III, Henry V of England, Jan van Eyck and Pope Eugene IV.

Not quite contemporaries: Joan of Arc was born about 6 years after Pope Boniface IX died, William of Ockham died about 5 years before Pope Boniface IX was born, Pope Pius II was born about a year after Pope Boniface IX died and Jami was born about 10 years after Pope Boniface IX died.

Where Pope Boniface IX’s contemporaries were born

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The 62 best-known contemporaries

62 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Boniface IX. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1381.

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  2. Ibn Battuta 1304 – c. 1368
  3. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  4. Petrarch 1304 – 1374
  5. Hafez c. 1325 – c. 1390
  6. Timur 1336 – 1405
  7. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  8. Giovanni Boccaccio 1313 – 1375
  9. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  10. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  11. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  12. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  13. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  14. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  15. Orhan 1281 – 1362
  16. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  17. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  18. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  19. Edward III 1312 – 1377
  20. John Wycliffe 1320s – 1384
  21. Catherine of Siena 1347 – 1380
  22. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  23. Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor 1316 – 1378
  24. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  25. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  26. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  27. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  28. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  29. Pope Urban V 1310 – 1370
  30. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  31. Pope Gregory XI c. 1331 – 1378
  32. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  33. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  34. Pope Innocent VI c. 1284 – 1362
  35. Murad I 1326 – 1389
  36. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  37. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  38. Pope Urban VI c. 1318 – 1389
  39. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  40. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  41. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  42. Charles V of France 1338 – 1380
  43. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  44. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  45. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  46. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  47. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  48. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  49. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  50. Bridget of Sweden 1303 – 1373
  51. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  52. John II of France 1319 – 1364
  53. Prince Henry the Navigator 1394 – 1460
  54. Edward the Black Prince 1330 – 1376
  55. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  56. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  57. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  58. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  59. Dmitry Donskoy 1350 – 1389
  60. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  61. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  62. Casimir III the Great 1310 – 1370