Who Was Alive

Were Gregory XVI and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Gregory XVI and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 51 years, from 1769 to 1821.

Gregory XVI was 3 when Napoleon was born.

Gregory XVI was 55 when Napoleon died, aged 51.

Gregory XVI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1831 to 1846

Born 18 September 1765 · died 1 June 1846, aged 80

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

  1. George Washington
  2. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  3. Gregory XVI
  4. Napoleon
  5. Abraham Lincoln
  6. Charles Darwin
  7. Karl Marx
  8. Leo Tolstoy
Gregory XVI and Napoleon 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.