Who was alive in 1399?
32 of the people we track were surely alive in 1399. 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 1399
- Hundred Years’ War 1337–1453
Ibn Khaldun67
Timur63
Zheng He27–28
Donatello10–15
Jan Hus19–29
Pope Callixtus III20
Henry V of England13
Jan van Eyck6–11
Bayezid I43–47
Pope Eugene IV15–16
Pope Nicholas V0–4
Pope Martin V29–31
Christine de Pizan35
Charles VI of France31
Ulugh Beg5
Thomas à Kempis16–21- Sejong the Great2
Pope Gregory XII62–66
Władysław II Jagiełło36–37- Pope Innocent VII59–63
Henry IV of England32
Mehmed I12–13
Pope Boniface IX42–43
Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor31- Andrei Rublev29–39
Filippo Brunelleschi21–22
Prince Henry the Navigator5- Zeami Motokiyo33–38
Margaret I of Denmark45–46
James I of Scotland5
Manuel II Palaiologos49
Cosimo de' Medici10
Where the people alive in 1399 were born
Birthplaces as a list
- 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 Nicholas V: Sarzana
- Pope Martin V: Genazzano
- Christine de Pizan: Venice
- Charles VI of France: Paris
- Ulugh Beg: Soltaniyeh
- Thomas à Kempis: Kempen
- Sejong the Great: Tongin-dong
- Pope Gregory XII: Venice
- Władysław II Jagiełło: Vilnius
- 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
- Prince Henry the Navigator: Porto
- Zeami Motokiyo: Iga Province
- Margaret I of Denmark: Søborg Castle
- James I of Scotland: Dunfermline Palace
- Manuel II Palaiologos: Constantinople
- Cosimo de' Medici: Florence