Who was alive in 1391?
29 of the people we track were surely alive in 1391. 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.
Events in 1391
- Hundred Years’ War 1337–1453
Geoffrey Chaucer45–50
Ibn Khaldun59
Timur55
Zheng He19–20
Donatello2–7
Jan Hus11–21
Pope Callixtus III12
Henry V of England5
Bayezid I35–39
Pope Eugene IV7–8
Pope Martin V21–23
Christine de Pizan27
Charles VI of France23
Thomas à Kempis8–13
Pope Gregory XII54–58
Władysław II Jagiełło28–29
Richard II of England24- Pope Innocent VII51–55
Henry IV of England24
Mehmed I4–5
Pope Boniface IX34–35
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor23- Andrei Rublev21–31
Filippo Brunelleschi13–14
Hongwu Emperor63- Zeami Motokiyo25–30
Margaret I of Denmark37–38
Manuel II Palaiologos41
Cosimo de' Medici2
Where the people alive in 1391 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- Geoffrey Chaucer: London
- Ibn Khaldun: Tunis
- Timur: Shahrisabz
- Zheng He: Kunming
- Donatello: Florence
- Jan Hus: Husinec
- Pope Callixtus III: Torreta de Canals
- Henry V of England: Monmouth Castle
- Bayezid I: Edirne
- Pope Eugene IV: Venice
- Pope Martin V: Genazzano
- Christine de Pizan: Venice
- Charles VI of France: Paris
- Thomas à Kempis: Kempen
- Pope Gregory XII: Venice
- Władysław II Jagiełło: Vilnius
- Richard II of England: Bordeaux
- Pope Innocent VII: Sulmona
- Henry IV of England: Bolingbroke Castle
- Mehmed I: Bursa
- 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
- Cosimo de' Medici: Florence