Who Was Alive

Timur

The founder of the Timurid Empire

Born 8–9 April 1336 · died 18–19 February 1405, aged 68

Who was alive at the same time as Timur?

  1. Giotto
  2. William of Ockham
  3. Ibn Battuta
  4. Petrarch
  5. Giovanni Boccaccio
  6. Hafez
  7. Ibn Khaldun
  8. Timur
  9. Geoffrey Chaucer
  10. Jan Hus
  11. Zheng He
  12. Donatello
Drag across the timeline to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Timur was born, Ibn Battuta was 32, Ibn Khaldun was 3 or 4, Petrarch was 31 and Giovanni Boccaccio was 22 or 23.

When Timur died, Ibn Khaldun was 72 or 73 and Zheng He was 33 or 34.

Born during Timur’s lifetime: Geoffrey Chaucer, Zheng He, Donatello and Jan Hus.

Not quite contemporaries: Dante Alighieri died 15 years before Timur was born, Marco Polo died 12 years before Timur was born, Joan of Arc was born 5 years after Timur died and Osman I died 10 years before Timur was born.

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