Who Was Alive

Were Louis XV of France and Napoleon alive at the same time?

Yes. Louis XV of France and Napoleon were alive at the same time for 4 years, from 1769 to 1774.

Louis XV of France was 59 when Napoleon was born.

Napoleon was 4 when Louis XV of France died, aged 64.

Louis XV of France

King of France and Navarre 1715 to 1774

Born 15 February 1710 · died 10 May 1774, aged 64

Napoleon

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

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

  1. Isaac Newton
  2. Louis XV of France
  3. George Washington
  4. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  5. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  6. Napoleon
  7. Abraham Lincoln
  8. Charles Darwin
  9. Karl Marx
Louis XV of France 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.