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Philip IV of Spain
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Philip IV of Spain

Monarch of Castile and Leon

Born 8 April 1605 · died 17 September 1665, aged 60
Also known as Felipe IV

Who was alive at the same time as Philip IV of Spain?

  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. Philip IV of Spain, 1605 – 1665
  13. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  14. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  15. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  16. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  17. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  18. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  19. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  20. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  21. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  22. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  23. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  24. Daniel Defoe, c. 1661 – 1731

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When Philip IV of Spain was born, William Shakespeare was 40, Galileo Galilei was 41, René Descartes was 9, Francis Bacon was 44 and Johannes Kepler was 33.

When Philip IV of Spain died, Isaac Newton was 22, Molière was 43, John Locke was 33, Rembrandt was 59 and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 19.

Born during Philip IV of Spain’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 2 years before Philip IV of Spain was born, Peter the Great was born about 7 years after Philip IV of Spain died, Antonio Vivaldi was born about 13 years after Philip IV of Spain died and Jonathan Swift was born about 2 years after Philip IV of Spain died.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

167 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Philip IV of Spain. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1635.

  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. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  23. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  24. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  25. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  26. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  27. Caravaggio 1571 – 1610
  28. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  29. El Greco 1541 – 1614
  30. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  31. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  32. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  33. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  34. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  35. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  36. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  37. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  38. Henry IV of France 1553 – 1610
  39. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  40. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  41. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  42. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  43. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  44. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  45. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  46. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  47. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  48. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  49. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  50. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  51. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  52. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  53. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  54. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  55. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  56. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  57. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  58. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  59. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  60. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  61. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  62. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  63. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  64. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  65. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  66. Pope Leo XI 1535 – 1605
  67. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  68. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  69. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  70. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  71. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  72. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  73. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  74. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  75. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  76. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  77. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  78. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  79. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  80. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  81. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  82. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  83. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  84. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  85. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  86. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  87. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  88. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  89. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  90. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  91. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  92. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  93. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  94. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  95. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  96. Guy Fawkes c. 1570 – 1606
  97. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  98. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  99. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  100. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  101. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  102. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  103. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  104. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  105. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  106. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  107. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  108. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  109. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  110. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  111. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  112. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  113. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  114. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  115. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  116. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  117. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  118. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  119. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  120. Boris Godunov 1552 – 1605
  121. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  122. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  123. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  124. Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor 1552 – 1612
  125. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  126. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  127. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  128. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  129. Margaret of Valois 1553 – 1615
  130. Mumtaz Mahal 1593 – 1631
  131. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  132. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  133. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  134. Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663 – 1736
  135. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  136. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  137. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  138. Mustafa II 1664 – 1703
  139. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  140. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  141. Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
  142. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  143. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  144. William Penn 1644 – 1718
  145. Arcangelo Corelli 1653 – 1713
  146. Sofonisba Anguissola 1532 – 1625
  147. George Herbert 1593 – 1633
  148. Pocahontas c. 1596 – 1617
  149. Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667
  150. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 1608 – 1657