Who Was Alive

Were Louis XIV of France and Johann Sebastian Bach alive at the same time?

Yes. Louis XIV of France and Johann Sebastian Bach were alive at the same time for 30 years, from 1685 to 1715.

Louis XIV of France was 46 when Johann Sebastian Bach was born.

Johann Sebastian Bach was 30 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

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer

Born 21 March 1685 (Julian calendar) · died 28 July 1750, aged 65

  1. Galileo Galilei
  2. René Descartes
  3. Louis XIV of France
  4. Isaac Newton
  5. Johann Sebastian Bach
  6. Voltaire
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Louis XIV of France and Johann Sebastian Bach 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.