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Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
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Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

Born 13 July 1608 · died 2 April 1657, aged 48
Also known as Ferdinand III

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

  1. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  2. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  3. Lope de Vega, 1562 – 1635
  4. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  5. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  6. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  7. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  8. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  9. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  10. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  11. Oliver Cromwell, 1599 – 1658
  12. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  13. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor, 1608 – 1657
  14. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  15. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  16. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  17. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  18. Christiaan Huygens, 1629 – 1695
  19. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  20. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  21. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  22. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  23. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  24. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716

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When Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor was born, William Shakespeare was 44, Galileo Galilei was 44, René Descartes was 12, Rembrandt was 1 and Francis Bacon was 47.

When Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor died, Isaac Newton was 14, Molière was 35, John Locke was 24, Rembrandt was 50 and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 10.

Born during Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Molière, John Locke, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō, Blaise Pascal, Louis XIV and Baruch Spinoza.

Not quite contemporaries: Elizabeth I died about 5 years before Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Akbar died about 3 years before Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor was born, Jonathan Swift was born about 10 years after Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor died and Giordano Bruno died about 8 years before Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor was born.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

153 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1633.

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  3. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  4. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  5. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  6. Molière 1622 – 1673
  7. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  8. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  9. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 – 1716
  10. Matsuo Bashō 1644 – 1694
  11. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  12. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  13. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  14. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  15. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  16. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  17. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  18. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  19. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  20. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  21. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  22. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  23. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  24. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  25. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  26. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  27. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  28. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  29. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  30. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  31. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  32. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  33. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  34. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  35. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  36. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  37. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  38. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  39. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  40. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  41. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  42. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  43. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  44. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  45. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  46. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  47. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  48. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  49. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  50. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  51. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  52. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  53. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  54. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  55. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  56. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  57. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  58. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  59. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  60. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  61. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  62. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  63. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  64. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  65. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  66. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  67. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  68. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  69. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  70. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  71. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  72. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  73. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  74. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  75. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  76. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  77. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  78. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  79. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  80. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  81. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  82. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  83. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  84. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  85. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  86. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  87. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  88. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  89. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  90. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  91. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  92. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  93. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  94. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  95. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  96. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  97. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  98. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  99. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  100. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  101. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  102. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  103. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  104. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  105. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  106. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  107. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  108. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  109. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  110. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  111. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  112. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  113. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  114. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  115. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  116. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  117. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  118. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  119. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  120. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  121. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  122. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  123. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  124. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  125. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  126. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  127. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  128. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  129. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  130. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  131. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  132. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  133. William Penn 1644 – 1718
  134. Arcangelo Corelli 1653 – 1713
  135. Sofonisba Anguissola 1532 – 1625
  136. George Herbert 1593 – 1633
  137. Pocahontas c. 1596 – 1617
  138. Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667
  139. Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 1657 – 1757
  140. Matteo Ricci 1552 – 1610
  141. Elizabeth Báthory 1560 – 1614
  142. Luis de Góngora 1561 – 1627
  143. Vincent de Paul 1581 – 1660
  144. Otto von Guericke 1602 – 1686
  145. Johannes Hevelius 1611 – 1687
  146. Evliya Çelebi 1611 – 1682
  147. Kangxi Emperor 1654 – 1722
  148. Dieterich Buxtehude c. 1638 – 1707
  149. Antonio Stradivari c. 1644 – 1737
  150. Charles IX of Sweden 1550 – 1611