Who Was Alive

Sejong the Great

King of Joseon Dynasty

Born 10 April 1397 · died 17 February 1450, aged 52
Also known as King of Korea Sedzhon, the Great Seijong, King of Korea Yi Sejong

Who was alive at the same time as Sejong the Great?

  1. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  2. Timur, 1336 – 1405
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Bayezid I, c. 1354 – 1403
  5. Jan Hus, c. 1375 – 1415
  6. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  7. Pope Callixtus III, 1379 – 1458
  8. Pope Eugene IV, 1383 – 1447
  9. Donatello, c. 1386 – 1466
  10. Henry V of England, 1386 – 1422
  11. Jan van Eyck, c. 1390 – 1441
  12. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  13. Sejong the Great, 1397 – 1450
  14. Leon Battista Alberti, 1404 – 1472
  15. Pope Pius II, 1405 – 1464
  16. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  17. Jami, 1414 – 1492
  18. Vlad the Impaler, c. 1430 – c. 1477
  19. Pope Alexander VI, c. 1431 – 1503
  20. François Villon, 1431 – 1463
  21. Mehmed II, 1432 – 1481
  22. Sandro Botticelli, c. 1445 – 1510
  23. Pope Julius II, 1443 – 1513
  24. Lorenzo de' Medici, 1449 – 1492

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Sejong the Great was born, Ibn Khaldun was 64 or 65, Timur was 61, Zheng He was 25 or 26, Pope Callixtus III was 18 and Henry V of England was 10.

When Sejong the Great died, Mehmed II was 17, François Villon was 18 or 19, Pope Julius II was 6, Pope Pius II was 44 and Leon Battista Alberti was 46.

Born during Sejong the Great’s lifetime: Joan of Arc, Mehmed II, Sandro Botticelli, Pope Alexander VI, François Villon, Pope Julius II, Vlad the Impaler and Pope Pius II.

Not quite contemporaries: Leonardo da Vinci was born about 2 years after Sejong the Great died, Christopher Columbus was born about a year after Sejong the Great died, Vasco da Gama was born about 8 years after Sejong the Great died and Hafez died about 6 years before Sejong the Great was born.

What happened in Sejong the Great’s lifetime

Where Sejong the Great’s contemporaries were born

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The 78 best-known contemporaries

78 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Sejong the Great. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1424.

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