Who Was Alive

Were Joseph Priestley and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Joseph Priestley and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 34 years, from 1769 to 1804.

Joseph Priestley was 36 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 34 when Joseph Priestley died, aged 70.

Joseph Priestley

English chemist, theologian, educator, and political theorist

Born 13 March 1733 (Julian calendar) · died 6 February 1804, aged 70

Napoleon

French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815

Born 15 August 1769 · died 5 May 1821, aged 51

  1. George Washington
  2. Joseph Priestley
  3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  4. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  5. Ludwig van Beethoven
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Joseph Priestley and Napoleon 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.