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Charles II of Spain
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Charles II of Spain

Monarch of Castile and Leon

Born 6 November 1661 · died 1 November 1700, aged 38
Also known as Carlos II, Charles II, Chares the Bewitched

Who was alive at the same time as Charles II of Spain?

  1. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  2. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  3. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  4. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  5. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  6. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  7. Christiaan Huygens, 1629 – 1695
  8. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  9. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  10. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  11. Jean Racine, 1639 – 1699
  12. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  13. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  14. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  15. Daniel Defoe, c. 1661 – 1731
  16. Charles II of Spain, 1661 – 1700
  17. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
  18. Peter the Great, 1672 – 1725
  19. Antonio Vivaldi, 1678 – 1741
  20. George Frideric Handel, 1685 – 1759
  21. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 – 1750
  22. Alexander Pope, 1688 – 1744
  23. Montesquieu, 1689 – 1755
  24. Voltaire, 1694 – 1778

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When Charles II of Spain was born, Isaac Newton was 18, Molière was 39, John Locke was 29, Rembrandt was 55 and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 15.

When Charles II of Spain died, Isaac Newton was 57, Johann Sebastian Bach was 15, Voltaire was 5, John Locke was 68 and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 54.

Born during Charles II of Spain’s lifetime: Johann Sebastian Bach, Voltaire, Peter the Great, Antonio Vivaldi, Jonathan Swift, Montesquieu, George Frideric Handel and Alexander Pope.

Not quite contemporaries: René Descartes died about 11 years before Charles II of Spain was born, Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born about 12 years after Charles II of Spain died, Benjamin Franklin was born about 6 years after Charles II of Spain died and Carl Linnaeus was born about 7 years after Charles II of Spain died.

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The 137 best-known contemporaries

137 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Charles II of Spain. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1681.

  1. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750
  3. Voltaire 1694 – 1778
  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. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  11. Peter the Great 1672 – 1725
  12. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  13. Antonio Vivaldi 1678 – 1741
  14. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  15. Montesquieu 1689 – 1755
  16. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  17. George Frideric Handel 1685 – 1759
  18. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  19. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  20. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  21. Alexander Pope 1688 – 1744
  22. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  23. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  24. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  25. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  26. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  27. George Berkeley 1685 – 1753
  28. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  29. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  30. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  31. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  32. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  33. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  34. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  35. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  36. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  37. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  38. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  39. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  40. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  41. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  42. Pope Benedict XIV 1675 – 1758
  43. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  44. Robert Walpole 1676 – 1745
  45. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  46. Joseph Addison 1672 – 1719
  47. George II of Great Britain 1683 – 1760
  48. Daniel Bernoulli 1700 – 1782
  49. Emanuel Swedenborg 1688 – 1772
  50. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  51. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  52. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  53. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  54. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  55. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  56. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  57. Vitus Bering 1681 – 1741
  58. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  59. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  60. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1686 – 1736
  61. Pope Clement XIII 1693 – 1769
  62. William Hogarth 1697 – 1764
  63. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  64. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  65. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  66. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  67. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  68. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  69. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  70. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  71. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  72. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  73. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  74. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  75. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  76. Giambattista Vico 1668 – 1744
  77. Charles XII of Sweden 1682 – 1718
  78. Philip V of Spain 1683 – 1746
  79. Catherine I of Russia 1684 – 1727
  80. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1685 – 1740
  81. Nader Shah c. 1693 – 1747
  82. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  83. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  84. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  85. Anna of Russia 1693 – 1740
  86. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  87. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  88. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  89. Georg Philipp Telemann 1681 – 1767
  90. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  91. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  92. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  93. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  94. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  95. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  96. Ahmed III 1673 – 1736
  97. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  98. Canaletto 1697 – 1768
  99. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  100. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  101. Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683 – 1764
  102. Antoine Watteau 1684 – 1721
  103. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  104. Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663 – 1736
  105. Domenico Scarlatti 1685 – 1757
  106. Mahmud I 1696 – 1754
  107. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  108. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  109. Mustafa II 1664 – 1703
  110. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  111. Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
  112. Blackbeard c. 1680 – 1718
  113. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1696 – 1770
  114. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  115. William Penn 1644 – 1718
  116. Arcangelo Corelli 1653 – 1713
  117. Osman III 1699 – 1757
  118. Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667
  119. Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 1657 – 1757
  120. Ivan V of Russia 1666 – 1696
  121. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor 1678 – 1711
  122. Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor 1697 – 1745
  123. Otto von Guericke 1602 – 1686
  124. Johannes Hevelius 1611 – 1687
  125. Evliya Çelebi 1611 – 1682
  126. Kangxi Emperor 1654 – 1722
  127. Frederick I of Prussia 1657 – 1713
  128. Dieterich Buxtehude c. 1638 – 1707
  129. Antonio Stradivari c. 1644 – 1737
  130. Augustus II the Strong 1670 – 1733
  131. François Quesnay 1694 – 1774
  132. Pietro Metastasio 1698 – 1782
  133. Feodor III of Russia 1661 – 1682
  134. Tomaso Albinoni 1671 – 1751
  135. Christian Wolff 1679 – 1754
  136. Pierre de Marivaux 1688 – 1763
  137. Frederick William I of Prussia 1688 – 1740