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Christina, Queen of Sweden
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Christina, Queen of Sweden

Monarch of Sweden

Born 7 December 1626 · died 9 April 1689 (Julian calendar), aged 62
Also known as Christina of Sweden, Queen of Sweden Christina, Queen of Sweden Christiana

Who was alive at the same time as Christina, Queen of Sweden?

  1. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  2. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  3. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  4. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  5. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  6. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  7. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  8. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  9. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  10. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  11. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  12. Christina, Queen of Sweden, 1626 – 1689
  13. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  14. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  15. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  16. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  17. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  18. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  19. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
  20. Peter the Great, 1672 – 1725
  21. Antonio Vivaldi, 1678 – 1741
  22. George Frideric Handel, 1685 – 1759
  23. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 – 1750
  24. Montesquieu, 1689 – 1755

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When Christina, Queen of Sweden was born, Galileo Galilei was 62, René Descartes was 30, Molière was 4, Rembrandt was 20 and Blaise Pascal was 3.

When Christina, Queen of Sweden died, Isaac Newton was 46, Johann Sebastian Bach was 4, John Locke was 56, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 42 and Matsuo Bashō was 44 or 45.

Born during Christina, Queen of Sweden’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Locke, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō, Louis XIV, Peter the Great and Baruch Spinoza.

Not quite contemporaries: William Shakespeare died about 10 years before Christina, Queen of Sweden was born, Voltaire was born about 5 years after Christina, Queen of Sweden died, Miguel de Cervantes died about 10 years before Christina, Queen of Sweden was born and Francis Bacon died months before Christina, Queen of Sweden was born.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

173 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Christina, Queen of Sweden. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1658.

  1. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  2. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750
  4. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  5. Molière 1622 – 1673
  6. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  7. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  8. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 – 1716
  9. Matsuo Bashō 1644 – 1694
  10. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  11. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  12. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  13. Peter the Great 1672 – 1725
  14. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  15. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  16. Antonio Vivaldi 1678 – 1741
  17. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  18. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  19. Montesquieu 1689 – 1755
  20. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  21. George Frideric Handel 1685 – 1759
  22. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  23. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  24. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  25. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  26. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  27. Alexander Pope 1688 – 1744
  28. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  29. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  30. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  31. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  32. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  33. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  34. George Berkeley 1685 – 1753
  35. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  36. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  37. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  38. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  39. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  40. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  41. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  42. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  43. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  44. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  45. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  46. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  47. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  48. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  49. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  50. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  51. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  52. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  53. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  54. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  55. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  56. Pope Benedict XIV 1675 – 1758
  57. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  58. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  59. Robert Walpole 1676 – 1745
  60. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  61. Joseph Addison 1672 – 1719
  62. George II of Great Britain 1683 – 1760
  63. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  64. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  65. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  66. Emanuel Swedenborg 1688 – 1772
  67. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  68. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  69. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  70. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  71. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  72. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  73. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  74. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  75. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  76. Vitus Bering 1681 – 1741
  77. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  78. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  79. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  80. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1686 – 1736
  81. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  82. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  83. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  84. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  85. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  86. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  87. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  88. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  89. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  90. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  91. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  92. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  93. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  94. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  95. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  96. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  97. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  98. Giambattista Vico 1668 – 1744
  99. Charles XII of Sweden 1682 – 1718
  100. Philip V of Spain 1683 – 1746
  101. Catherine I of Russia 1684 – 1727
  102. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1685 – 1740
  103. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  104. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  105. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  106. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  107. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  108. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  109. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  110. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  111. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  112. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  113. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  114. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  115. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  116. Georg Philipp Telemann 1681 – 1767
  117. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  118. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  119. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  120. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  121. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  122. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  123. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  124. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  125. Ahmed III 1673 – 1736
  126. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  127. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  128. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  129. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  130. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  131. Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683 – 1764
  132. Antoine Watteau 1684 – 1721
  133. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  134. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  135. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  136. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  137. Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663 – 1736
  138. Domenico Scarlatti 1685 – 1757
  139. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  140. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  141. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  142. Mustafa II 1664 – 1703
  143. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  144. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  145. Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
  146. Blackbeard c. 1680 – 1718
  147. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  148. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  149. William Penn 1644 – 1718
  150. Arcangelo Corelli 1653 – 1713