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Pope Innocent XII
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Pope Innocent XII

Catholic priest who served as Pope

Born 13 March 1615 · died 27 September 1700, aged 85
Also known as Innocent XII, pape Innocent XII, Innocentius PP. XII

Who was alive at the same time as Pope Innocent XII?

  1. Miguel de Cervantes, c. 1547 – 1616
  2. Francis Bacon, 1561 – 1626
  3. Galileo Galilei, 1564 – 1642
  4. William Shakespeare, 1564 – 1616
  5. Johannes Kepler, 1571 – 1630
  6. Peter Paul Rubens, 1577 – 1640
  7. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  8. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  9. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  10. Pope Innocent XII, 1615 – 1700
  11. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  12. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  13. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  14. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  15. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  16. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  17. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  18. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  19. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
  20. Peter the Great, 1672 – 1725
  21. Antonio Vivaldi, 1678 – 1741
  22. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 – 1750
  23. Montesquieu, 1689 – 1755
  24. Voltaire, 1694 – 1778

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When Pope Innocent XII was born, William Shakespeare was 50, Galileo Galilei was 51, René Descartes was 18, Rembrandt was 8 and Francis Bacon was 54.

When Pope Innocent XII died, Isaac Newton was 57, Johann Sebastian Bach was 15, Voltaire was 5, John Locke was 68 and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 54.

Born during Pope Innocent XII’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Johann Sebastian Bach, Voltaire, Molière, John Locke, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō and Blaise Pascal.

Not quite contemporaries: Jean-Jacques Rousseau was born about 12 years after Pope Innocent XII died, Benjamin Franklin was born about 6 years after Pope Innocent XII died, Carl Linnaeus was born about 7 years after Pope Innocent XII died and Leonhard Euler was born about 7 years after Pope Innocent XII died.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

203 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Pope Innocent XII. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1658.

  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  3. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  4. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750
  5. Voltaire 1694 – 1778
  6. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  7. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  8. Molière 1622 – 1673
  9. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  10. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  11. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 – 1716
  12. Matsuo Bashō 1644 – 1694
  13. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  14. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  15. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  16. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  17. Peter the Great 1672 – 1725
  18. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  19. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  20. Antonio Vivaldi 1678 – 1741
  21. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  22. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  23. Montesquieu 1689 – 1755
  24. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  25. George Frideric Handel 1685 – 1759
  26. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  27. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  28. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  29. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  30. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  31. Alexander Pope 1688 – 1744
  32. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  33. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  34. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  35. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  36. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  37. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  38. George Berkeley 1685 – 1753
  39. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  40. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  41. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  42. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  43. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  44. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  45. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  46. John Donne 1572 – 1631
  47. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  48. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  49. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  50. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  51. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  52. James VI and I 1566 – 1625
  53. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  54. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  55. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  56. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  57. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  58. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  59. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  60. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  61. Pope Benedict XIV 1675 – 1758
  62. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  63. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  64. Robert Walpole 1676 – 1745
  65. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  66. Joseph Addison 1672 – 1719
  67. George II of Great Britain 1683 – 1760
  68. Daniel Bernoulli 1700 – 1782
  69. Pope Paul V 1552 – 1621
  70. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  71. Ben Jonson 1572 – 1637
  72. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  73. Emanuel Swedenborg 1688 – 1772
  74. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  75. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  76. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  77. Tokugawa Ieyasu 1543 – 1616
  78. John Napier 1550 – 1617
  79. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  80. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  81. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  82. Pope Gregory XV 1554 – 1623
  83. Abbas the Great 1571 – 1629
  84. Gustavus Adolphus 1594 – 1632
  85. Anthony van Dyck 1599 – 1641
  86. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  87. Vitus Bering 1681 – 1741
  88. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  89. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  90. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  91. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1686 – 1736
  92. Jahangir 1569 – 1627
  93. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  94. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  95. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  96. Pope Clement XIII 1693 – 1769
  97. William Hogarth 1697 – 1764
  98. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  99. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  100. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  101. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  102. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  103. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  104. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  105. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  106. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  107. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  108. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  109. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  110. Giambattista Vico 1668 – 1744
  111. Charles XII of Sweden 1682 – 1718
  112. Philip V of Spain 1683 – 1746
  113. Catherine I of Russia 1684 – 1727
  114. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1685 – 1740
  115. Nader Shah c. 1693 – 1747
  116. Philip III of Spain 1578 – 1621
  117. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  118. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  119. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  120. Tommaso Campanella 1568 – 1639
  121. Anna of Russia 1693 – 1740
  122. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  123. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  124. Osman II 1604 – 1622
  125. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  126. Tulsidas c. 1522 – 1623
  127. Samuel de Champlain c. 1570 – 1635
  128. Francis de Sales 1567 – 1622
  129. Iskandar Muda 1583 – 1636
  130. Ahmed I 1590 – 1617
  131. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  132. Murad IV 1612 – 1640
  133. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  134. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  135. Georg Philipp Telemann 1681 – 1767
  136. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  137. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  138. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  139. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  140. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  141. Walter Raleigh c. 1552 – 1618
  142. Mustafa I 1591 – 1639
  143. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  144. Suleiman II 1642 – 1691
  145. Ahmed III 1673 – 1736
  146. Sigismund III Vasa 1566 – 1632
  147. Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor 1578 – 1637
  148. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  149. Canaletto 1697 – 1768
  150. Shivaji 1627 – 1680