Who Was Alive

Were Louis XIV of France and Isaac Newton alive at the same time?

Yes. Louis XIV of France and Isaac Newton were alive at the same time for 72 years, from 1642 to 1715.

Louis XIV of France was 4 when Isaac Newton was born.

Isaac Newton was 72 when Louis XIV of France died, aged 76.

Louis XIV of France

King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715

Born 5 September 1638 · died 1 September 1715, aged 76

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Louis XIV of France
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  8. Immanuel Kant
Louis XIV of France and Isaac Newton in bold, with some of their best-known contemporaries. Drag across to see the age each reached in any year. Faded ends mark uncertain dates.