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John IV of Portugal
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John IV of Portugal

Monarch of Portugal

Born 18–19 March 1604 · died 6 November 1656, aged 52
Also known as King João IV of Portugal

Who was alive at the same time as John IV of Portugal?

  1. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  2. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  3. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  4. Lope de Vega, 1562 – 1635
  5. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  6. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  7. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  8. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  9. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  10. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  11. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  12. Oliver Cromwell, 1599 – 1658
  13. John IV of Portugal, 1604 – 1656
  14. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  15. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  16. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  17. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  18. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  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 John IV of Portugal was born, William Shakespeare was 39, Galileo Galilei was 40, René Descartes was 7, Francis Bacon was 43 and Johannes Kepler was 32.

When John IV of Portugal died, Isaac Newton was 13, Molière was 34, John Locke was 24, Rembrandt was 50 and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 10.

Born during John IV of Portugal’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Molière, John Locke, Rembrandt, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō, Blaise Pascal and Louis XIV.

Not quite contemporaries: Elizabeth I died about a year before John IV of Portugal was born, Jonathan Swift was born about 11 years after John IV of Portugal died, Giordano Bruno died about 4 years before John IV of Portugal was born and Daniel Defoe was born about 3 years after John IV of Portugal died.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

156 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as John IV of Portugal. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1630.

  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. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  18. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  19. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  20. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  21. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  22. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  23. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  24. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  25. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  26. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  27. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  28. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  29. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  30. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  31. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  32. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  33. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  34. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  35. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  36. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  37. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  38. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  39. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  40. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  41. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  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. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  64. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  65. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  66. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  67. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  68. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  69. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  70. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  71. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  72. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  73. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  74. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  75. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  76. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  77. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  78. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  79. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  80. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  81. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  82. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  83. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  84. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  85. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  86. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  87. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  88. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  89. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  90. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  91. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  92. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  93. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  94. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  95. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  96. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  97. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  98. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  99. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  100. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  101. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  102. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  103. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  104. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  105. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  106. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  107. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  108. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  109. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  110. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  111. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  112. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  113. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  114. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  115. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  116. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  117. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  118. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  119. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  120. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  121. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  122. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  123. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  124. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  125. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  126. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  127. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  128. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  129. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  130. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  131. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  132. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  133. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  134. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  135. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  136. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  137. William Penn 1644 – 1718
  138. Arcangelo Corelli 1653 – 1713
  139. Sofonisba Anguissola 1532 – 1625
  140. George Herbert 1593 – 1633
  141. Pocahontas c. 1596 – 1617
  142. Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667
  143. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 1608 – 1657
  144. Matteo Ricci 1552 – 1610
  145. Elizabeth Báthory 1560 – 1614
  146. Luis de Góngora 1561 – 1627
  147. Vincent de Paul 1581 – 1660
  148. Otto von Guericke 1602 – 1686
  149. Johannes Hevelius 1611 – 1687
  150. Evliya Çelebi 1611 – 1682