Who was alive in 1379?
29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1379. The best known are listed first, with the age each reached that year; a range such as 17–21 means the birth year itself is uncertain.
Born in 1379: Pope Callixtus III.
Events in 1379
- Hundred Years’ War 1337–1453
Geoffrey Chaucer33–38
Ibn Khaldun47
Hafez51–56
Timur43
Zheng He7–8
Pope Callixtus IIIborn
Bayezid I23–27
John Wycliffe49–59
Catherine of Siena32
Pope Martin V9–11
Christine de Pizan15
Charles VI of France11
Murad I53
Pope Urban VI58–63
Pope Gregory XII42–46
Władysław II Jagiełło16–17
Charles V of France41
Richard II of England12- Pope Innocent VII39–43
Henry IV of England12
Pope Boniface IX22–23
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor11- Andrei Rublev9–19
Filippo Brunelleschi1–2
Hongwu Emperor51- Zeami Motokiyo13–18
Margaret I of Denmark25–26
Manuel II Palaiologos29
Dmitry Donskoy29
Where the people alive in 1379 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Geoffrey Chaucer: London
- Ibn Khaldun: Tunis
- Hafez: Shiraz
- Timur: Shahrisabz
- Zheng He: Kunming
- Pope Callixtus III: Torreta de Canals
- Bayezid I: Edirne
- John Wycliffe: Hipswell
- Catherine of Siena: Siena
- Pope Martin V: Genazzano
- Christine de Pizan: Venice
- Charles VI of France: Paris
- Murad I: Bursa
- Pope Urban VI: Itri
- Pope Gregory XII: Venice
- Władysław II Jagiełło: Vilnius
- Charles V of France: Château de Vincennes
- Richard II of England: Bordeaux
- Pope Innocent VII: Sulmona
- Henry IV of England: Bolingbroke Castle
- Pope Boniface IX: Naples
- Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor: Free Imperial City of Nuremberg
- Andrei Rublev: Grand Principality of Moscow
- Filippo Brunelleschi: Florence
- Hongwu Emperor: Fengyang County
- Zeami Motokiyo: Iga Province
- Margaret I of Denmark: Søborg Castle
- Manuel II Palaiologos: Constantinople
- Dmitry Donskoy: Moscow