Who Was Alive

Were Robert the Bruce and Petrarch alive at the same time?

Yes. Robert the Bruce and Petrarch were alive at the same time for 24 years, from 1304 to 1329.

Robert the Bruce was 30 when Petrarch was born.

Petrarch was 24 when Robert the Bruce died, aged 54.

Robert the Bruce

Robert the Bruce

Monarch of Scotland

Born 11 July 1274 · died 7 June 1329, aged 54

Petrarch

Petrarch

Italian poet

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

  1. Marco Polo, 1254 – 1324
  2. Dante Alighieri, c. 1265 – 1321
  3. Robert the Bruce, 1274 – 1329
  4. Ibn Battuta, 1304 – c. 1368
  5. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  6. Hafez, c. 1325 – c. 1390
  7. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  8. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400

Robert the Bruce and Petrarch 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 Robert the Bruce and Petrarch were born

Robert the Bruce and Petrarch are labelled, with the contemporaries on the timeline. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (8 of 8 placed); tap one to open that person.
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