Henry VII
1457 – 1509 · 52 years · London · Europe
Reign: 1485 – 1509 (England and Britain)
He defeated Richard III at Bosworth and, by marrying Elizabeth of York, united the red and white roses. He founded the Tudor dynasty, filled the treasury and tamed the rebellious nobility.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Leonardo da Vinci — painter, scientist and inventor, 5 years older
- Nicolaus Copernicus — astronomer, 16 years younger
- Michelangelo — sculptor, painter and architect, 18 years younger
- Martin Luther — church reformer, 26 years younger
- Johannes Gutenberg — inventor of the printing press, 57 years older
- Maximilian I — "the Last Knight", who raised the Habsburgs through shrewd marriages, 2 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Ivan III — Grand Prince of Moscow, 17 years older
- Vasily III — grand prince who completed the unification of the Russian lands, 22 years younger
- Sophia Palaiologina — Grand Princess of Moscow, 2 years older
Middle East
- Mehmed II — Ottoman sultan, 25 years older
- Selim I the Grim — sultan who took Cairo and Mecca, 13 years younger
- Suleiman the Magnificent — Ottoman sultan, 37 years younger
- Bayezid II — sultan who took in the Jews expelled from Spain, 10 years older
Africa
- Askia Muhammad I — Emperor of Songhai, 14 years older
Asia
- Guru Nanak — founder of Sikhism, 12 years younger
- Vasco da Gama — navigator, 12 years younger
- Ashikaga Yoshimasa — shogun of the Ōnin War and the Silver Pavilion, 21 years older
- Babur — founder of the Mughal Empire, 26 years younger
- Ashikaga Yoshitane — shogun who held office twice and was driven out twice, 9 years younger
- Ashikaga Yoshizumi — puppet shogun of the Hosokawa clan, 24 years younger
Americas
- Christopher Columbus — navigator, 6 years older
- Moctezuma II — Aztec emperor, 9 years younger
- Ferdinand Magellan — navigator, 23 years younger
- Bartolomé de las Casas — friar and defender of Native Americans, 27 years younger
- Hernán Cortés — conquistador, 28 years younger
- Pachacuti — Sapa Inca, 39 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1478 Annexation of Novgorod by Moscow — aged 21, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1480 Great Stand on the Ugra River — aged 23, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1488 Dias rounds the Cape of Good Hope — aged 31, Africa
- 1492 Columbus reaches the Americas — aged 35, Americas
- 1492 Fall of Granada — aged 35, Europe
- 1494 Treaty of Tordesillas — aged 37, Europe
- 1498 Vasco da Gama reaches India — aged 41, Asia
- 1501 Founding of Safavid Iran — aged 44, Middle East
- 1508–1512 Sistine Chapel ceiling — aged 51, Europe