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Osman II
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Osman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 3 November 1604 · died 20 May 1622, aged 17
Also known as Osmán o Útman II

Who was alive at the same time as Osman II?

  1. El Greco, 1541 – 1614
  2. Akbar, 1542 – 1605
  3. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  4. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  5. Lope de Vega, 1562 – 1635
  6. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  7. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  8. Caravaggio, 1571 – 1610
  9. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  10. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  11. Cardinal Richelieu, 1585 – 1642
  12. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  13. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  14. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  15. Oliver Cromwell, 1599 – 1658
  16. Pedro Calderón de la Barca, 1600 – 1681
  17. Charles I of England, 1600 – 1649
  18. Osman II, 1604 – 1622
  19. Pierre Corneille, 1606 – 1684
  20. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  21. Pierre de Fermat, 1607 – 1665
  22. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  23. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  24. Molière, 1622 – 1673

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When Osman II was born, William Shakespeare was 40, Galileo Galilei was 40, René Descartes was 8, Francis Bacon was 43 and Johannes Kepler was 32.

When Osman II died, Galileo Galilei was 58, René Descartes was 26, Molière was under a year old, Rembrandt was 15 and Francis Bacon was 61.

Born during Osman II’s lifetime: Molière, Rembrandt, John Milton, Jean de La Fontaine, Pierre de Fermat, Pierre Corneille, François de La Rochefoucauld and Aurangzeb.

Not quite contemporaries: John Locke was born about 10 years after Osman II died, Blaise Pascal was born about a year after Osman II died, Elizabeth I died about a year before Osman II was born and Baruch Spinoza was born about 10 years after Osman II died.

What happened in Osman II’s lifetime

Where Osman II’s contemporaries were born

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The 107 best-known contemporaries

107 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Osman II. All of them are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1613.

  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. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  8. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  9. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  10. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  11. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  12. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  13. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  14. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  15. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  16. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  17. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  18. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  19. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  20. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  21. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  22. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  23. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  24. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  25. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  26. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  27. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  28. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  29. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  30. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  31. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  32. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  33. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  34. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  35. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  36. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  37. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  38. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  39. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  40. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  41. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  42. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  43. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  44. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  45. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  46. Pope Clement VIII 1536 – 1605
  47. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  48. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  49. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  50. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  51. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  52. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  53. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  54. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  55. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  56. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  57. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  58. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  59. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  60. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  61. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  62. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  63. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  64. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  65. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  66. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  67. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  68. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  69. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  70. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  71. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  72. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  73. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  74. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  75. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  76. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  77. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  78. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  79. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  80. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  81. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  82. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  83. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  84. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  85. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  86. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  87. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  88. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  89. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  90. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  91. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  92. Sofonisba Anguissola 1532 – 1625
  93. George Herbert 1593 – 1633
  94. Pocahontas c. 1596 – 1617
  95. Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667
  96. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 1608 – 1657
  97. Matteo Ricci 1552 – 1610
  98. Elizabeth Báthory 1560 – 1614
  99. Luis de Góngora 1561 – 1627
  100. Vincent de Paul 1581 – 1660
  101. Otto von Guericke 1602 – 1686
  102. Johannes Hevelius 1611 – 1687
  103. Evliya Çelebi 1611 – 1682
  104. Charles IX of Sweden 1550 – 1611
  105. Tomás Luis de Victoria c. 1548 – 1611
  106. John IV of Portugal 1604 – 1656
  107. Pierre Gassendi 1592 – 1655