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Alexis of Russia
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Alexis of Russia

Monarch

Born 19 March 1629 (Julian calendar) · died 29 January 1676 (Julian calendar), aged 46
Also known as Alexei I of Russia, Alexei Mikhailovich, Alexis Michaelovitch

Who was alive at the same time as Alexis of Russia?

  1. Lope de Vega, 1562 – 1635
  2. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  3. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  4. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  5. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  6. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  7. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  8. Oliver Cromwell, 1599 – 1658
  9. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  10. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  11. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  12. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  13. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  14. Alexis of Russia, 1629 – 1676
  15. Christiaan Huygens, 1629 – 1695
  16. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  17. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  18. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  19. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  20. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  21. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  22. Daniel Defoe, c. 1661 – 1731
  23. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
  24. Peter the Great, 1672 – 1725

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When Alexis of Russia was born, Galileo Galilei was 65, René Descartes was 32, Molière was 7, Rembrandt was 22 and Blaise Pascal was 5.

When Alexis of Russia died, Isaac Newton was 33, John Locke was 43, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 29, Matsuo Bashō was 31 or 32 and Louis XIV was 37.

Born during Alexis of Russia’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, John Locke, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō, Louis XIV, Peter the Great, Baruch Spinoza and Jonathan Swift.

Not quite contemporaries: William Shakespeare died about 13 years before Alexis of Russia was born, Johann Sebastian Bach was born about 9 years after Alexis of Russia died, Miguel de Cervantes died about 13 years before Alexis of Russia was born and Francis Bacon died about 3 years before Alexis of Russia was born.

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The 146 best-known contemporaries

146 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Alexis of Russia. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1653.

  1. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  2. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  3. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  4. Molière 1622 – 1673
  5. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  6. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  7. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 – 1716
  8. Matsuo Bashō 1644 – 1694
  9. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  10. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  11. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  12. Peter the Great 1672 – 1725
  13. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  14. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  15. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  16. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  17. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  18. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  19. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  20. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  21. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  22. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  23. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  24. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  25. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  26. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  27. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  28. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  29. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  30. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  31. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  32. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  33. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  34. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  35. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  36. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  37. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  38. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  39. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  40. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  41. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  42. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  43. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  44. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  45. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  46. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  47. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  48. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  49. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  50. Pope Benedict XIV 1675 – 1758
  51. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  52. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  53. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  54. Joseph Addison 1672 – 1719
  55. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  56. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  57. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  58. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  59. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  60. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  61. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  62. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  63. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  64. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  65. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  66. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  67. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  68. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  69. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  70. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  71. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  72. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  73. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  74. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  75. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  76. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  77. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  78. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  79. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  80. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  81. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  82. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  83. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  84. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  85. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  86. Giambattista Vico 1668 – 1744
  87. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  88. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  89. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  90. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  91. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  92. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  93. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  94. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  95. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  96. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  97. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  98. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  99. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  100. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  101. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  102. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  103. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  104. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  105. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  106. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  107. Ahmed III 1673 – 1736
  108. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  109. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  110. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  111. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  112. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  113. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  114. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  115. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  116. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  117. Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663 – 1736
  118. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  119. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  120. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  121. Mustafa II 1664 – 1703
  122. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  123. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  124. Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
  125. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  126. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  127. William Penn 1644 – 1718
  128. Arcangelo Corelli 1653 – 1713
  129. George Herbert 1593 – 1633
  130. Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667
  131. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 1608 – 1657
  132. Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 1657 – 1757
  133. Ivan V of Russia 1666 – 1696
  134. Vincent de Paul 1581 – 1660
  135. Otto von Guericke 1602 – 1686
  136. Johannes Hevelius 1611 – 1687
  137. Evliya Çelebi 1611 – 1682
  138. Kangxi Emperor 1654 – 1722
  139. Frederick I of Prussia 1657 – 1713
  140. Dieterich Buxtehude c. 1638 – 1707
  141. Antonio Stradivari c. 1644 – 1737
  142. Augustus II the Strong 1670 – 1733
  143. John IV of Portugal 1604 – 1656
  144. Feodor III of Russia 1661 – 1682
  145. Tomaso Albinoni 1671 – 1751
  146. Pierre Gassendi 1592 – 1655