Who Was Alive

Were Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor and Johannes Gutenberg alive at the same time?

Yes. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor and Johannes Gutenberg were alive at the same time, from 1393–1406 to 1437.

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 14 February 1368 · died 9 December 1437, aged 69

Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg

German inventor

Born 1393–1406 · died 1468

  1. Petrarch, 1304 – 1374
  2. Ibn Khaldun, c. 1332 – c. 1406
  3. Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1343 – c. 1400
  4. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor, 1368 – 1437
  5. Zheng He, 1371 – c. 1435
  6. Johannes Gutenberg, c. 1400 – 1468
  7. Joan of Arc, c. 1412 – 1431
  8. Christopher Columbus, 1451 – 1506
  9. Leonardo da Vinci, 1452 – 1519
  10. Erasmus, 1466 – 1536

Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor and Johannes Gutenberg 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 Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor and Johannes Gutenberg were born

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