Who was alive in 1393?
30 of the people we track were surely alive in 1393. 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 1393
- Hundred Years’ War 1337–1453
Geoffrey Chaucer47–52
Ibn Khaldun61
Timur57
Zheng He21–22
Donatello4–9
Jan Hus13–23
Pope Callixtus III14
Henry V of England7
Jan van Eyck0–5
Bayezid I37–41
Pope Eugene IV9–10
Pope Martin V23–25
Christine de Pizan29
Charles VI of France25
Thomas à Kempis10–15
Pope Gregory XII56–60
Władysław II Jagiełło30–31
Richard II of England26- Pope Innocent VII53–57
Henry IV of England26
Mehmed I6–7
Pope Boniface IX36–37
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor25- Andrei Rublev23–33
Filippo Brunelleschi15–16
Hongwu Emperor65- Zeami Motokiyo27–32
Margaret I of Denmark39–40
Manuel II Palaiologos43
Cosimo de' Medici4
Where the people alive in 1393 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
- Jan van Eyck: Maaseik
- 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