Who Was Alive

Were Edward Gibbon and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart alive at the same time?

Yes. Edward Gibbon and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart were alive at the same time for 35 years, from 1756 to 1791.

Edward Gibbon was 18 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born.

Edward Gibbon was 54 when Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died, aged 35.

Edward Gibbon

English historian and politician

Born 8 May 1737 · died 16 January 1794, aged 56

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Austrian composer of the Classical period

Born 27 January 1756 · died 5 December 1791, aged 35

  1. Voltaire
  2. George Washington
  3. Edward Gibbon
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Ludwig van Beethoven
  7. Napoleon
Edward Gibbon and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.