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Prince Henry the Navigator
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Prince Henry the Navigator

Portuguese military officer

Born 4 March 1394 · died 13 November 1460, aged 66

Who was alive at the same time as Prince Henry the Navigator?

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  5. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  6. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  7. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  8. Prince Henry the Navigator, 1394 – 1460
  9. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  10. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  11. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  12. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  13. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  14. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  15. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  16. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  17. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  18. Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1450 – 1516
  19. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  20. Isabella I of Castile, 1451 – 1504
  21. Ferdinand II of Aragon, 1452 – 1516
  22. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  23. Richard III of England, 1452 – 1485
  24. Amerigo Vespucci, 1454 – 1512

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When Prince Henry the Navigator was born, Ibn Khaldun was 61 or 62, Timur was 57, Zheng He was 22 or 23, Pope Callixtus III was 15 and Henry V of England was 7.

When Prince Henry the Navigator died, Leonardo da Vinci was 8, Christopher Columbus was 8 or 9, Mehmed II was 28, Amerigo Vespucci was 6 and Isabella I of Castile was 9.

Born during Prince Henry the Navigator’s lifetime: Leonardo da Vinci, Christopher Columbus, Joan of Arc, Mehmed II, Sandro Botticelli, Amerigo Vespucci, Pope Alexander VI and Isabella I of Castile.

Not quite contemporaries: Michelangelo was born about 15 years after Prince Henry the Navigator died, Niccolò Machiavelli was born about 9 years after Prince Henry the Navigator died, Nicolaus Copernicus was born about 13 years after Prince Henry the Navigator died and Albrecht Dürer was born about 11 years after Prince Henry the Navigator died.

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The 92 best-known contemporaries

92 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Prince Henry the Navigator. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1427.

  1. Leonardo da Vinci 1452 – 1519
  2. Christopher Columbus 1451 – 1506
  3. Joan of Arc c. 1412 – 1431
  4. Johannes Gutenberg c. 1400 – 1468
  5. Geoffrey Chaucer c. 1343 – c. 1400
  6. Ibn Khaldun c. 1332 – c. 1406
  7. Timur 1336 – 1405
  8. Zheng He 1371 – c. 1435
  9. Mehmed II 1432 – 1481
  10. Sandro Botticelli c. 1445 – 1510
  11. Amerigo Vespucci 1454 – 1512
  12. Donatello c. 1386 – 1466
  13. Jan Hus c. 1375 – 1415
  14. Pope Alexander VI c. 1431 – 1503
  15. Isabella I of Castile 1451 – 1504
  16. François Villon 1431 – 1463
  17. Pope Julius II 1443 – 1513
  18. Hieronymus Bosch c. 1450 – 1516
  19. Vlad the Impaler c. 1430 – c. 1477
  20. Pope Pius II 1405 – 1464
  21. Ferdinand II of Aragon 1452 – 1516
  22. Leon Battista Alberti 1404 – 1472
  23. Richard III of England 1452 – 1485
  24. Pope Adrian VI 1459 – 1523
  25. Pope Callixtus III 1379 – 1458
  26. Henry V of England 1386 – 1422
  27. Jan van Eyck c. 1390 – 1441
  28. Jami 1414 – 1492
  29. Lorenzo de' Medici 1449 – 1492
  30. Girolamo Savonarola 1452 – 1498
  31. Bayezid I c. 1354 – 1403
  32. Pope Eugene IV 1383 – 1447
  33. Pope Nicholas V c. 1397 – 1455
  34. Louis XI 1423 – 1483
  35. Skanderbeg 1405 – 1468
  36. Pope Sixtus IV 1414 – 1484
  37. Henry VII of England 1457 – 1509
  38. Nicholas of Cusa 1401 – 1464
  39. Pope Innocent VIII 1432 – 1492
  40. Pope Paul II 1417 – 1471
  41. Pope Martin V c. 1369 – 1431
  42. Murad II 1404 – 1451
  43. Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor 1459 – 1519
  44. Christine de Pizan 1364 – 1430
  45. Charles VI of France 1368 – 1422
  46. Masaccio 1401 – 1428
  47. Pope Pius III 1439 – 1503
  48. Ulugh Beg 1394 – 1449
  49. Bayezid II 1447 – 1512
  50. Thomas à Kempis c. 1381 – 1471
  51. Charles VII of France 1403 – 1461
  52. Fra Angelico c. 1396 – 1455
  53. Sejong the Great 1397 – 1450
  54. Edward IV 1442 – 1483
  55. Pope Gregory XII c. 1335 – 1417
  56. Władysław II Jagiełło 1362 – 1434
  57. Constantine XI Palaiologos 1404 – 1453
  58. Henry VI of England 1421 – 1471
  59. Donato Bramante 1444 – 1514
  60. Richard II of England 1367 – c. 1400
  61. Pope Innocent VII c. 1338 – 1406
  62. Henry IV of England 1367 – 1413
  63. Mehmed I 1386 – 1421
  64. Pope Boniface IX 1356 – 1404
  65. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor 1368 – 1437
  66. Giovanni Bellini c. 1430 – 1516
  67. Matthias Corvinus 1443 – 1490
  68. Domenico Ghirlandaio 1448 – 1494
  69. Marsilio Ficino 1433 – 1499
  70. Ivan III of Russia 1440 – 1505
  71. Andrei Rublev 1360s – 1430
  72. Andrea Mantegna 1431 – 1506
  73. Luca Pacioli 1440s – 1517
  74. Ali-Shir Nava'i 1441 – 1501
  75. John Cabot c. 1450 – c. 1498
  76. Filippo Brunelleschi 1377 – 1446
  77. Afonso de Albuquerque 1453 – 1515
  78. Hongwu Emperor 1328 – 1398
  79. Piero della Francesca 1415 – 1492
  80. Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor 1415 – 1493
  81. Andrea del Verrocchio c. 1435 – 1488
  82. Charles the Bold 1433 – 1477
  83. Pietro Perugino 1448 – 1523
  84. Zeami Motokiyo c. 1363 – 1443
  85. Margaret I of Denmark 1353 – 1412
  86. Juan Ponce de León 1460 – 1521
  87. James I of Scotland 1394 – 1437
  88. Manuel II Palaiologos 1350 – 1425
  89. Cosimo de' Medici 1389 – 1464
  90. Rogier van der Weyden c. 1396 – 1464
  91. Christian I of Denmark 1426 – 1481
  92. Lorenzo Valla 1407 – 1457