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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor
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Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 9 July 1578 · died 15 February 1637, aged 58
Also known as Emperor of Germany Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, Ferdinand II

Who was alive at the same time as Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor?

  1. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  2. Michel de Montaigne, 1533 – 1592
  3. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  4. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  5. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  6. Giordano Bruno, 1548 – 1600
  7. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  8. Lope de Vega, 1562 – 1635
  9. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  10. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  11. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  12. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  13. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1578 – 1637
  14. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  15. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  16. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  17. Oliver Cromwell, 1599 – 1658
  18. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  19. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  20. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  21. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  22. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  23. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  24. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677

Drag across the timeline, or use the arrow keys, to see who was alive in any year and the age each person reached that year. Dashed lines mark world events. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.

When Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor was born, William Shakespeare was 14, Galileo Galilei was 14, Elizabeth I was 44, Francis Bacon was 17 and Johannes Kepler was 6.

When Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor died, Galileo Galilei was 72, René Descartes was 40, Molière was 15, John Locke was 4 and Rembrandt was 30.

Born during Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor’s lifetime: René Descartes, Molière, John Locke, Rembrandt, Blaise Pascal, Baruch Spinoza, Diego Velázquez and Thomas Hobbes.

Not quite contemporaries: Isaac Newton was born about 6 years after Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor died, Michelangelo died about 14 years before Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was born about 9 years after Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor died and Matsuo Bashō was born about 7 years after Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor died.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

170 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1608.

  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. Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
  10. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  11. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  12. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  13. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  14. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  15. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  16. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  17. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  18. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  19. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  20. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  21. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  22. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  23. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  24. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  25. Francis Drake c. 1540 – 1596
  26. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  27. Ivan the Terrible 1530 – 1584
  28. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525 – 1594
  29. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  30. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  31. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  32. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  33. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  34. Luís de Camões c. 1525 – 1580
  35. Philip II of Spain 1527 – 1598
  36. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  37. Teresa of Ávila 1515 – 1582
  38. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  39. Mary, Queen of Scots 1542 – 1587
  40. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  41. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  42. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  43. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  44. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  45. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  46. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  47. Christopher Marlowe c. 1564 – 1593
  48. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  49. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  50. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  51. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  52. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  53. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  54. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  55. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  56. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  57. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  58. Torquato Tasso 1544 – 1595
  59. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  60. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  61. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  62. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  63. Catherine de' Medici 1519 – 1589
  64. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  65. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  66. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  67. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  68. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  69. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  70. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  71. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  72. Tintoretto 1519 – 1594
  73. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  74. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  75. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  76. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  77. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  78. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  79. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  80. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  81. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  82. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  83. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  84. Pope Sixtus V 1521 – 1590
  85. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  86. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  87. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  88. Pope Urban VII 1521 – 1590
  89. John of the Cross 1542 – 1591
  90. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  91. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  92. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  93. William the Silent 1533 – 1584
  94. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  95. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  96. Oda Nobunaga 1534 – 1582
  97. Pope Gregory XIV 1535 – 1591
  98. Murad III 1546 – 1595
  99. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  100. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  101. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  102. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  103. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  104. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  105. Andrea Palladio 1508 – c. 1580
  106. Paolo Veronese 1528 – 1588
  107. Willem Barentsz c. 1551 – 1597
  108. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1537 – 1598
  109. Edmund Spenser c. 1553 – 1599
  110. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  111. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  112. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  113. Pierre de Ronsard 1524 – 1585
  114. Henry III of France 1551 – 1589
  115. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  116. Pope Innocent IX 1519 – 1591
  117. Mehmed III 1566 – 1603
  118. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  119. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  120. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  121. Gerardus Mercator 1512 – 1594
  122. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  123. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  124. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  125. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  126. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  127. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  128. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  129. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  130. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  131. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  132. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  133. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  134. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  135. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  136. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  137. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  138. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  139. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  140. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  141. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  142. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  143. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  144. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  145. François Viète 1540 – 1603
  146. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  147. Giuseppe Arcimboldo 1527 – 1593
  148. Abraham Ortelius 1527 – 1598
  149. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  150. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683