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Henry III of France
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Henry III of France

King of Poland

Born 19 September 1551 · died 2 August 1589, aged 37
Also known as Henry III

Who was alive at the same time as Henry III of France?

  1. Michelangelo, 1475 – 1564
  2. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  3. Jacques Cartier, 1491 – 1557
  4. François Rabelais, 1494 – 1553
  5. Suleiman the Magnificent, 1494 – 1566
  6. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, 1500 – 1558
  7. Nostradamus, 1503 – 1566
  8. John Calvin, 1509 – 1564
  9. Ivan the Terrible, 1530 – 1584
  10. Michel de Montaigne, 1533 – 1592
  11. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  12. Francis Drake, c. 1540 – 1596
  13. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  14. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  15. Tycho Brahe, 1546 – 1601
  16. Giordano Bruno, 1548 – 1600
  17. Henry III of France, 1551 – 1589
  18. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  19. Lope de Vega, 1562 – 1635
  20. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  21. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  22. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  23. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  24. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679

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When Henry III of France was born, Michelangelo was 76, Elizabeth I was 18, Akbar was 8, Jacques Cartier was 59 and Suleiman the Magnificent was 56.

When Henry III of France died, William Shakespeare was 25, Galileo Galilei was 25, Elizabeth I was 55, Francis Bacon was 28 and Johannes Kepler was 17.

Born during Henry III of France’s lifetime: William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei, Francis Bacon, Johannes Kepler, Peter Paul Rubens, Thomas Hobbes, Lope de Vega and Caravaggio.

Not quite contemporaries: Martin Luther died about 5 years before Henry III of France was born, René Descartes was born about 7 years after Henry III of France died, Nicolaus Copernicus died about 8 years before Henry III of France was born and Hernán Cortés died about 4 years before Henry III of France was born.

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The 138 best-known contemporaries

138 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Henry III of France. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1570.

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  3. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  4. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  5. Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
  6. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  7. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  8. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  9. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  10. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  11. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  12. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  13. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  14. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  15. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  16. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  17. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  18. Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor 1500 – 1558
  19. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  20. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  21. Nostradamus 1503 – 1566
  22. Francis Drake c. 1540 – 1596
  23. Ivan the Terrible 1530 – 1584
  24. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525 – 1594
  25. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  26. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  27. Luís de Camões c. 1525 – 1580
  28. Philip II of Spain 1527 – 1598
  29. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  30. Teresa of Ávila 1515 – 1582
  31. Mary, Queen of Scots 1542 – 1587
  32. Ignatius of Loyola c. 1491 – 1556
  33. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  34. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  35. Mary I 1516 – 1558
  36. Christopher Marlowe c. 1564 – 1593
  37. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  38. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  39. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  40. Edward VI 1537 – 1553
  41. Torquato Tasso 1544 – 1595
  42. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  43. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  44. Pieter Bruegel the Elder c. 1525 – 1569
  45. Pope Pius V 1504 – 1572
  46. Catherine de' Medici 1519 – 1589
  47. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  48. Francis Xavier 1506 – 1552
  49. Giorgio Vasari 1511 – 1574
  50. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  51. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  52. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  53. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  54. Hürrem Sultan c. 1507 – c. 1560
  55. Fuzuli c. 1488 – 1556
  56. Pope Pius IV 1499 – 1565
  57. Tintoretto 1519 – 1594
  58. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  59. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  60. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  61. Andreas Vesalius 1514 – 1564
  62. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  63. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  64. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  65. Pope Julius III 1487 – 1555
  66. Pope Sixtus V 1521 – 1590
  67. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  68. Pope Paul IV 1476 – 1559
  69. Pope Urban VII 1521 – 1590
  70. John of the Cross 1542 – 1591
  71. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  72. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  73. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  74. Humayun 1508 – 1556
  75. William the Silent 1533 – 1584
  76. Philipp Melanchthon 1497 – 1560
  77. Oda Nobunaga 1534 – 1582
  78. Pope Gregory XIV 1535 – 1591
  79. Lady Jane Grey 1537 – 1554
  80. Murad III 1546 – 1595
  81. Andrea Palladio 1508 – c. 1580
  82. Paolo Veronese 1528 – 1588
  83. Willem Barentsz c. 1551 – 1597
  84. Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor 1503 – 1564
  85. Selim II 1524 – 1574
  86. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1537 – 1598
  87. Edmund Spenser c. 1553 – 1599
  88. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  89. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  90. Pierre de Ronsard 1524 – 1585
  91. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  92. Pope Marcellus II 1501 – 1555
  93. Charles IX of France 1550 – 1574
  94. Pope Innocent IX 1519 – 1591
  95. Mehmed III 1566 – 1603
  96. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  97. Gerardus Mercator 1512 – 1594
  98. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  99. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  100. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  101. Henry II of France 1519 – 1559
  102. Joanna of Castile 1479 – 1555
  103. Gustav Vasa 1496 – 1560
  104. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  105. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  106. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  107. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  108. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  109. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  110. Bartolomé de las Casas 1484 – 1566
  111. Francis II of France 1544 – 1560
  112. Étienne de La Boétie 1530 – 1563
  113. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  114. John Knox c. 1514 – 1572
  115. Michael Servetus 1511 – 1553
  116. François Viète 1540 – 1603
  117. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  118. Benvenuto Cellini 1500 – 1571
  119. Giuseppe Arcimboldo 1527 – 1593
  120. Abraham Ortelius 1527 – 1598
  121. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor 1527 – 1576
  122. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  123. Anne of Cleves 1515 – 1557
  124. Sofonisba Anguissola 1532 – 1625
  125. Thomas Cranmer 1489 – 1556
  126. Bronzino 1503 – 1572
  127. Matteo Ricci 1552 – 1610
  128. Feodor I of Russia 1557 – 1598
  129. Elizabeth Báthory 1560 – 1614
  130. Luis de Góngora 1561 – 1627
  131. Vincent de Paul 1581 – 1660
  132. Georgius Agricola 1494 – 1555
  133. Piri Reis c. 1470 – c. 1554
  134. Charles IX of Sweden 1550 – 1611
  135. Jean Bodin 1530 – 1596
  136. Joseph of Anchieta 1534 – 1597
  137. Tomás Luis de Victoria c. 1548 – 1611
  138. Philip Sidney 1554 – 1586