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Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu

French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman

Born 9 September 1585 · died 4 December 1642, aged 57

Who was alive at the same time as Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu?

  1. Mimar Sinan
  2. Michel de Montaigne
  3. Elizabeth I of England
  4. Akbar
  5. Miguel de Cervantes
  6. Giordano Bruno
  7. Francis Bacon
  8. Lope de Vega
  9. Galileo Galilei
  10. William Shakespeare
  11. Johannes Kepler
  12. Peter Paul Rubens
  13. Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
  14. Thomas Hobbes
  15. René Descartes
  16. Diego Velázquez
  17. Rembrandt
  18. John Milton
  19. Jean de La Fontaine
  20. Molière
  21. Blaise Pascal
  22. John Locke
  23. Benedictus de Spinoza
  24. Louis XIV of France
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When Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu was born, William Shakespeare was 21, Galileo Galilei was 21, Francis Bacon was 24, Elizabeth I of England was 51 and Johannes Kepler was 13.

When Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu died, René Descartes was 46, Molière was 20, John Locke was 10, Rembrandt was 36 and Blaise Pascal was 19.

Born during Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu’s lifetime: René Descartes, Molière, John Locke, Rembrandt, Blaise Pascal, Louis XIV of France, Benedictus de Spinoza and Diego Velázquez.

Not quite contemporaries: Isaac Newton was born about a year after Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu died, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born 4 years after Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu died, Matsuo Bashō was born 2 years after Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu died and Ivan the Terrible died about a year before Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu was born.

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All 60 contemporaries we track

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  3. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  4. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  5. Molière 1622 – 1673
  6. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  7. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  8. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  9. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  10. Elizabeth I of England 1533 – 1603
  11. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  12. Louis XIV of France 1638 – 1715
  13. Benedictus de Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  14. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  15. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  16. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  17. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  18. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  19. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  20. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  21. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  22. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  23. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  24. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  25. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  26. Francis Drake c. 1540 – 1596
  27. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  28. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  29. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525 – 1594
  30. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  31. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  32. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  33. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  34. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  35. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  36. Philip II of Spain 1527 – 1598
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