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Jahangir
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Jahangir

Mughal emperor

Born 30 August 1569 · died 28 October 1627, aged 58
Also known as Jahangir I, Nur-ud-din Mohammad Salim, Emperor of Hindustan Jahangir

Who was alive at the same time as Jahangir?

  1. Mimar Sinan, c. 1490 – 1588
  2. Michel de Montaigne, 1533 – 1592
  3. Elizabeth I, 1533 – 1603
  4. Francis Drake, c. 1540 – 1596
  5. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  6. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  7. Tycho Brahe, 1546 – 1601
  8. Giordano Bruno, 1548 – 1600
  9. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  10. Lope de Vega, 1562 – 1635
  11. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  12. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  13. Jahangir, 1569 – 1627
  14. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  15. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  16. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  17. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  18. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  19. Oliver Cromwell, 1599 – 1658
  20. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  21. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  22. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  23. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  24. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662

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When Jahangir was born, William Shakespeare was 5, Galileo Galilei was 5, Elizabeth I was 35, Francis Bacon was 8 and Akbar was 26.

When Jahangir died, Galileo Galilei was 63, René Descartes was 31, Molière was 5, Rembrandt was 21 and Blaise Pascal was 4.

Born during Jahangir’s lifetime: René Descartes, Molière, Rembrandt, Blaise Pascal, Johannes Kepler, Peter Paul Rubens, Diego Velázquez and Thomas Hobbes.

Not quite contemporaries: Michelangelo died about 5 years before Jahangir was born, John Locke was born about 5 years after Jahangir died, Louis XIV was born about 11 years after Jahangir died and Baruch Spinoza was born about 5 years after Jahangir died.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

165 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Jahangir. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1598.

  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. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  7. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  8. Elizabeth I 1533 – 1603
  9. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  10. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  11. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  12. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  13. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  14. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  15. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  16. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  17. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  18. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  19. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  20. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  21. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  22. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
  23. Francis Drake c. 1540 – 1596
  24. Ivan the Terrible 1530 – 1584
  25. Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina 1525 – 1594
  26. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  27. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  28. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  29. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  30. Luís de Camões c. 1525 – 1580
  31. Philip II of Spain 1527 – 1598
  32. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  33. Titian c. 1490 – 1576
  34. Teresa of Ávila 1515 – 1582
  35. Mary, Queen of Scots 1542 – 1587
  36. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  37. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  38. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  39. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  40. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  41. Christopher Marlowe c. 1564 – 1593
  42. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  43. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  44. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  45. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  46. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  47. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  48. Pope Gregory XIII 1502 – 1585
  49. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  50. Torquato Tasso 1544 – 1595
  51. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  52. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  53. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  54. Pieter Bruegel the Elder c. 1525 – 1569
  55. Pope Pius V 1504 – 1572
  56. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  57. Catherine de' Medici 1519 – 1589
  58. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  59. Giorgio Vasari 1511 – 1574
  60. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  61. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  62. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  63. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  64. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  65. Tintoretto 1519 – 1594
  66. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  67. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  68. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  69. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  70. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  71. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  72. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  73. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  74. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  75. Pope Sixtus V 1521 – 1590
  76. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  77. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  78. Pope Urban VII 1521 – 1590
  79. John of the Cross 1542 – 1591
  80. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  81. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  82. Gerolamo Cardano 1501 – 1576
  83. William the Silent 1533 – 1584
  84. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  85. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  86. Oda Nobunaga 1534 – 1582
  87. Pope Gregory XIV 1535 – 1591
  88. Murad III 1546 – 1595
  89. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  90. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  91. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  92. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  93. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  94. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  95. Andrea Palladio 1508 – c. 1580
  96. Paolo Veronese 1528 – 1588
  97. Willem Barentsz c. 1551 – 1597
  98. Selim II 1524 – 1574
  99. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 1537 – 1598
  100. Edmund Spenser c. 1553 – 1599
  101. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  102. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  103. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  104. Pierre de Ronsard 1524 – 1585
  105. Henry III of France 1551 – 1589
  106. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  107. Charles IX of France 1550 – 1574
  108. Pope Innocent IX 1519 – 1591
  109. Mehmed III 1566 – 1603
  110. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  111. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  112. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  113. Gerardus Mercator 1512 – 1594
  114. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  115. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  116. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  117. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  118. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  119. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  120. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  121. William Gilbert 1544 – 1603
  122. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  123. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  124. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  125. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  126. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  127. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  128. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  129. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  130. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  131. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  132. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  133. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  134. John Knox c. 1514 – 1572
  135. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  136. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  137. François Viète 1540 – 1603
  138. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  139. Benvenuto Cellini 1500 – 1571
  140. Giuseppe Arcimboldo 1527 – 1593
  141. Abraham Ortelius 1527 – 1598
  142. Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor 1527 – 1576
  143. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  144. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  145. Sofonisba Anguissola 1532 – 1625
  146. George Herbert 1593 – 1633
  147. Pocahontas c. 1596 – 1617
  148. Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667
  149. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 1608 – 1657
  150. Bronzino 1503 – 1572