Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1396?

33 of the people we track were surely alive in 1396. 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 1396

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer50–55
  2. Ibn Khaldun64
  3. Timur60
  4. Zheng He24–25
  5. Donatello7–12
  6. Jan Hus16–26
  7. Pope Callixtus III17
  8. Henry V of England10
  9. Jan van Eyck3–8
  10. Bayezid I40–44
  11. Pope Eugene IV12–13
  12. Pope Martin V26–28
  13. Christine de Pizan32
  14. Charles VI of France28
  15. Ulugh Beg2
  16. Thomas à Kempis13–18
  17. Pope Gregory XII59–63
  18. Władysław II Jagiełło33–34
  19. Richard II of England29
  20. Pope Innocent VII56–60
  21. Henry IV of England29
  22. Mehmed I9–10
  23. Pope Boniface IX39–40
  24. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor28
  25. Andrei Rublev26–36
  26. Filippo Brunelleschi18–19
  27. Hongwu Emperor68
  28. Prince Henry the Navigator2
  29. Zeami Motokiyo30–35
  30. Margaret I of Denmark42–43
  31. James I of Scotland2
  32. Manuel II Palaiologos46
  33. Cosimo de' Medici7

Where the people alive in 1396 were born

The 33 best known of those alive in 1396. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (33 of 33 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list