Who Was Alive

Who was alive in 1404?

39 of the people we track were surely alive in 1404. 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.

Born in 1404: Leon Battista Alberti, Murad II and Constantine XI Palaiologos.

Died in 1404: Pope Boniface IX.

Events in 1404

  1. Ibn Khaldun72
  2. Timur68
  3. Zheng He32–33
  4. Donatello15–20
  5. Jan Hus24–34
  6. Leon Battista Albertiborn
  7. Pope Callixtus III25
  8. Henry V of England18
  9. Jan van Eyck11–16
  10. Pope Eugene IV20–21
  11. Pope Nicholas V5–9
  12. Nicholas of Cusa2–3
  13. Pope Martin V34–36
  14. Murad IIborn
  15. Christine de Pizan40
  16. Charles VI of France36
  17. Masaccio3
  18. Ulugh Beg10
  19. Thomas à Kempis21–26
  20. Charles VII of France1
  21. Fra Angelico3–14
  22. Sejong the Great7
  23. Pope Gregory XII67–71
  24. Władysław II Jagiełło41–42
  25. Constantine XI Palaiologosborn
  26. Pope Innocent VII64–68
  27. Henry IV of England37
  28. Mehmed I17–18
  29. Pope Boniface IX47 or 48 †
  30. Sigismund, Holy Roman Emperor36
  31. Andrei Rublev34–44
  32. Filippo Brunelleschi26–27
  33. Prince Henry the Navigator10
  34. Zeami Motokiyo38–43
  35. Margaret I of Denmark50–51
  36. James I of Scotland10
  37. Manuel II Palaiologos54
  38. Cosimo de' Medici15
  39. Rogier van der Weyden3–14

Where the people alive in 1404 were born

The 39 best known of those alive in 1404. Each dot is a birthplace from Wikidata (39 of 39 placed); tap one to open that person.
Birthplaces as a list