Question

You visit a cemetery. One of the tombstones read: "Born in the 15th century, died in the 16th." Make up possible dates that this person may have been born and dies.

Answer 1

Possible dates for this person's birth and death are:

Birth Death

1461 1501

1475 1515

1498 1538

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's first take into consideration that life expectancy in the 15th and 16th centuries was not nearly as high as it is today. In Europe, it was between 30 and 40 years of age. Let's assume this person was wealthy and healthy enough to live up to be 40. He/She had to die after the century had turned, that is, from 1501 on. With all that in mind, some of the several possibilities are:

Birth Death

1461 1501

1475 1515

1498 1538