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John III Sobieski
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John III Sobieski

King of Poland

Born 17 August 1629 · died 17 June 1696, aged 66
Also known as Jan III Sobieski

Who was alive at the same time as John III Sobieski?

  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. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  10. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  11. John III Sobieski, 1629 – 1696
  12. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  13. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  14. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  15. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  16. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  17. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  18. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
  19. Peter the Great, 1672 – 1725
  20. Antonio Vivaldi, 1678 – 1741
  21. George Frideric Handel, 1685 – 1759
  22. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 – 1750
  23. Montesquieu, 1689 – 1755
  24. Voltaire, 1694 – 1778

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When John III Sobieski was born, Galileo Galilei was 65, René Descartes was 33, Molière was 7, Rembrandt was 23 and Blaise Pascal was 6.

When John III Sobieski died, Isaac Newton was 53, Johann Sebastian Bach was 11, Voltaire was 1, John Locke was 63 and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 49.

Born during John III Sobieski’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Johann Sebastian Bach, Voltaire, John Locke, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō, Louis XIV and Peter the Great.

Not quite contemporaries: William Shakespeare died about 13 years before John III Sobieski was born, Miguel de Cervantes died about 13 years before John III Sobieski was born, Benjamin Franklin was born about 10 years after John III Sobieski died and Carl Linnaeus was born about 11 years after John III Sobieski died.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

175 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as John III Sobieski. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1663.

  1. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  2. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750
  4. Voltaire 1694 – 1778
  5. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  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. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  13. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  14. Peter the Great 1672 – 1725
  15. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  16. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  17. Antonio Vivaldi 1678 – 1741
  18. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  19. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  20. Montesquieu 1689 – 1755
  21. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  22. George Frideric Handel 1685 – 1759
  23. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  24. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  25. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  26. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  27. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  28. Alexander Pope 1688 – 1744
  29. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  30. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  31. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  32. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  33. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  34. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  35. George Berkeley 1685 – 1753
  36. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  37. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  38. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  39. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  40. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  41. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  42. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  43. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  44. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  45. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  46. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  47. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  48. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  49. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  50. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  51. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  52. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  53. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  54. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  55. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  56. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  57. Pope Benedict XIV 1675 – 1758
  58. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  59. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  60. Robert Walpole 1676 – 1745
  61. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  62. Joseph Addison 1672 – 1719
  63. George II of Great Britain 1683 – 1760
  64. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  65. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  66. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  67. Emanuel Swedenborg 1688 – 1772
  68. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  69. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  70. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  71. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  72. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  73. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  74. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  75. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  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. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  82. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  83. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  84. Pope Clement XIII 1693 – 1769
  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. Anna of Russia 1693 – 1740
  108. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  109. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  110. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  111. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  112. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  113. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  114. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  115. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  116. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  117. Georg Philipp Telemann 1681 – 1767
  118. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  119. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  120. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  121. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  122. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  123. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  124. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  125. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  126. Ahmed III 1673 – 1736
  127. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  128. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  129. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  130. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  131. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  132. Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683 – 1764
  133. Antoine Watteau 1684 – 1721
  134. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  135. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  136. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  137. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  138. Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663 – 1736
  139. Domenico Scarlatti 1685 – 1757
  140. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  141. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  142. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  143. Mustafa II 1664 – 1703
  144. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  145. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  146. Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
  147. Blackbeard c. 1680 – 1718
  148. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo 1696 – 1770
  149. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  150. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683