Who Was Alive

Were Napoleon and Novalis alive at the same time?

Yes. Napoleon and Novalis were alive at the same time for 28 years, from 1772 to 1801.

Napoleon was 2 when Novalis was born.

Napoleon was 31 when Novalis died, aged 28.

Napoleon

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

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

Novalis

German poet and writer

Born 2 May 1772 · died 25 March 1801, aged 28

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