Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1398?

34 of the people we track were surely alive in 1398. 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.

Died in 1398: Hongwu Emperor.

Events in 1398

  1. Geoffrey Chaucer52–57
  2. Ibn Khaldun66
  3. Timur62
  4. Zheng He26–27
  5. Donatello9–14
  6. Jan Hus18–28
  7. Pope Callixtus III19
  8. Henry V of England12
  9. Jan van Eyck5–10
  10. Bayezid I42–46
  11. Pope Eugene IV14–15
  12. Pope Martin V28–30
  13. Christine de Pizan34
  14. Charles VI of France30
  15. Ulugh Beg4
  16. Thomas à Kempis15–20
  17. Sejong the Great1
  18. Pope Gregory XII61–65
  19. Władysław II Jagiełło35–36
  20. Richard II of England31
  21. Pope Innocent VII58–62
  22. Henry IV of England31
  23. Mehmed I11–12
  24. Pope Boniface IX41–42
  25. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor30
  26. Andrei Rublev28–38
  27. Filippo Brunelleschi20–21
  28. Hongwu Emperor69 †
  29. Prince Henry the Navigator4
  30. Zeami Motokiyo32–37
  31. Margaret I of Denmark44–45
  32. James I of Scotland4
  33. Manuel II Palaiologos48
  34. Cosimo de' Medici9

Where the people alive in 1398 were born

The 34 best known of those alive in 1398. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (34 of 34 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list