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Suleiman II
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Suleiman II

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire

Born 15 April 1642 · died 22 June 1691, aged 49
Also known as Qanuni Sultan Süleyman

Who was alive at the same time as Suleiman II?

  1. Thomas Hobbes, 1588 – 1679
  2. René Descartes, 1596 – 1650
  3. Diego Velázquez, 1599 – 1660
  4. Oliver Cromwell, 1599 – 1658
  5. Rembrandt, 1606 – 1669
  6. John Milton, 1608 – 1674
  7. Jean de La Fontaine, 1621 – 1695
  8. Molière, 1622 – 1673
  9. Blaise Pascal, 1623 – 1662
  10. John Locke, 1632 – 1704
  11. Baruch Spinoza, 1632 – 1677
  12. Louis XIV, 1638 – 1715
  13. Suleiman II, 1642 – 1691
  14. Isaac Newton, 1642 – 1727
  15. Matsuo Bashō, 1644 – 1694
  16. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1646 – 1716
  17. Daniel Defoe, c. 1661 – 1731
  18. Jonathan Swift, 1667 – 1745
  19. Peter the Great, 1672 – 1725
  20. Antonio Vivaldi, 1678 – 1741
  21. George Frideric Handel, 1685 – 1759
  22. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685 – 1750
  23. Alexander Pope, 1688 – 1744
  24. Montesquieu, 1689 – 1755

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When Suleiman II was born, René Descartes was 46, Molière was 20, John Locke was 9, Rembrandt was 35 and Blaise Pascal was 18.

When Suleiman II died, Isaac Newton was 48, Johann Sebastian Bach was 6, John Locke was 58, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was 44 and Matsuo Bashō was 46 or 47.

Born during Suleiman II’s lifetime: Isaac Newton, Johann Sebastian Bach, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō, Peter the Great, Antonio Vivaldi, Jonathan Swift and Montesquieu.

Not quite contemporaries: Galileo Galilei died months before Suleiman II was born, Voltaire was born about 3 years after Suleiman II died, Benjamin Franklin was born about 15 years after Suleiman II died and Johannes Kepler died about 12 years before Suleiman II was born.

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The 150 best-known contemporaries

153 of the people we track were surely alive at the same time as Suleiman II. The 150 best known are listed here. See also everyone alive in 1667.

  1. Isaac Newton 1642 – 1727
  2. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685 – 1750
  3. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  4. Molière 1622 – 1673
  5. John Locke 1632 – 1704
  6. Rembrandt 1606 – 1669
  7. Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz 1646 – 1716
  8. Matsuo Bashō 1644 – 1694
  9. Blaise Pascal 1623 – 1662
  10. Louis XIV 1638 – 1715
  11. Peter the Great 1672 – 1725
  12. Baruch Spinoza 1632 – 1677
  13. Antonio Vivaldi 1678 – 1741
  14. Diego Velázquez 1599 – 1660
  15. Jonathan Swift 1667 – 1745
  16. Montesquieu 1689 – 1755
  17. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  18. George Frideric Handel 1685 – 1759
  19. John Milton 1608 – 1674
  20. Jean de La Fontaine 1621 – 1695
  21. Daniel Defoe c. 1661 – 1731
  22. Oliver Cromwell 1599 – 1658
  23. Alexander Pope 1688 – 1744
  24. Christiaan Huygens 1629 – 1695
  25. Jean Racine 1639 – 1699
  26. Johannes Vermeer 1632 – 1675
  27. Pierre de Fermat 1607 – 1665
  28. Robert Boyle 1627 – 1691
  29. Charles I of England 1600 – 1649
  30. George Berkeley 1685 – 1753
  31. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1632 – 1723
  32. Pierre Corneille 1606 – 1684
  33. Charles Perrault 1628 – 1703
  34. Pedro Calderón de la Barca 1600 – 1681
  35. Cardinal Richelieu 1585 – 1642
  36. Abel Tasman 1603 – 1659
  37. Robert Hooke 1635 – 1703
  38. Shah Jahan 1592 – 1666
  39. Edmond Halley 1656 – 1742
  40. John Amos Comenius 1592 – 1670
  41. François de La Rochefoucauld 1613 – 1680
  42. Charles II of England 1630 – 1685
  43. John Dryden 1631 – 1700
  44. Aurangzeb 1618 – 1707
  45. Louis XIII 1601 – 1643
  46. Hugo Grotius 1583 – 1645
  47. Anne, Queen of Great Britain 1665 – 1714
  48. William Harvey 1578 – 1657
  49. Evangelista Torricelli 1608 – 1647
  50. Nicolas Poussin 1594 – 1665
  51. Pope Benedict XIV 1675 – 1758
  52. Pope Urban VIII 1568 – 1644
  53. William III of England 1650 – 1702
  54. Robert Walpole 1676 – 1745
  55. James II of England 1633 – 1701
  56. Joseph Addison 1672 – 1719
  57. George II of Great Britain 1683 – 1760
  58. Claudio Monteverdi 1567 – 1643
  59. Miyamoto Musashi 1584 – 1645
  60. Emanuel Swedenborg 1688 – 1772
  61. Christina, Queen of Sweden 1626 – 1689
  62. Christopher Wren 1632 – 1723
  63. Pope Clement XII 1652 – 1740
  64. Pope Innocent XI 1611 – 1689
  65. Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux 1636 – 1711
  66. George I of Great Britain 1660 – 1727
  67. John III Sobieski 1629 – 1696
  68. Vitus Bering 1681 – 1741
  69. Francisco de Quevedo 1584 – 1645
  70. Philip IV of Spain 1605 – 1665
  71. John Bunyan 1628 – 1688
  72. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit 1686 – 1736
  73. Pope Innocent X 1574 – 1655
  74. Cardinal Mazarin 1602 – 1661
  75. Charles II of Spain 1661 – 1700
  76. Francisco de Zurbarán c. 1598 – 1664
  77. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo 1617 – 1682
  78. Pope Benedict XIII 1649 – 1730
  79. Pope Clement X 1590 – 1676
  80. Gian Lorenzo Bernini 1598 – 1680
  81. Pope Alexander VII 1599 – 1667
  82. Pope Clement IX 1600 – 1669
  83. Pope Alexander VIII 1610 – 1691
  84. Pope Innocent XII 1615 – 1700
  85. Ole Rømer 1644 – 1710
  86. Pope Clement XI 1649 – 1721
  87. Pope Innocent XIII 1655 – 1724
  88. Mary II 1662 – 1694
  89. Giambattista Vico 1668 – 1744
  90. Charles XII of Sweden 1682 – 1718
  91. Philip V of Spain 1683 – 1746
  92. Catherine I of Russia 1684 – 1727
  93. Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor 1685 – 1740
  94. Giovanni Domenico Cassini 1625 – 1712
  95. Jean de La Bruyère 1645 – 1696
  96. Jacob Bernoulli c. 1655 – 1705
  97. Aphra Behn 1640 – 1689
  98. Baltasar Gracián c. 1603 – 1658
  99. Juana Inés de la Cruz 1651 – 1695
  100. Artemisia Gentileschi 1593 – 1653
  101. Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire 1615 – 1648
  102. Johann Bernoulli 1667 – 1748
  103. Georg Philipp Telemann 1681 – 1767
  104. Alexis of Russia 1629 – 1676
  105. Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor 1640 – 1705
  106. Mehmed IV 1642 – 1693
  107. Maria Sibylla Merian 1647 – 1717
  108. Pierre Bayle 1647 – 1706
  109. Michael of Russia 1596 – 1645
  110. Ahmed III 1673 – 1736
  111. Guru Gobind Singh 1666 – 1708
  112. Shivaji 1627 – 1680
  113. François Fénelon 1651 – 1715
  114. Jean-Philippe Rameau 1683 – 1764
  115. Antoine Watteau 1684 – 1721
  116. Bohdan Khmelnytsky 1595 – 1657
  117. Cyrano de Bergerac c. 1619 – 1655
  118. Jean-Baptiste Lully 1632 – 1687
  119. Prince Eugene of Savoy 1663 – 1736
  120. Domenico Scarlatti 1685 – 1757
  121. Frans Hals 1580s – 1666
  122. Jusepe de Ribera 1591 – 1652
  123. Ivan Mazepa 1639 – 1709
  124. Mustafa II 1664 – 1703
  125. Marie de' Medici 1575 – 1642
  126. Ahmed II 1643 – 1695
  127. Henry Purcell 1659 – 1695
  128. Blackbeard c. 1680 – 1718
  129. Christian IV of Denmark 1577 – 1648
  130. Jean-Baptiste Colbert 1619 – 1683
  131. William Penn 1644 – 1718
  132. Arcangelo Corelli 1653 – 1713
  133. Francesco Borromini 1599 – 1667
  134. Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor 1608 – 1657
  135. Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle 1657 – 1757
  136. Ivan V of Russia 1666 – 1696
  137. Joseph I, Holy Roman Emperor 1678 – 1711
  138. Vincent de Paul 1581 – 1660
  139. Otto von Guericke 1602 – 1686
  140. Johannes Hevelius 1611 – 1687
  141. Evliya Çelebi 1611 – 1682
  142. Kangxi Emperor 1654 – 1722
  143. Frederick I of Prussia 1657 – 1713
  144. Dieterich Buxtehude c. 1638 – 1707
  145. Antonio Stradivari c. 1644 – 1737
  146. Augustus II the Strong 1670 – 1733
  147. John IV of Portugal 1604 – 1656
  148. Feodor III of Russia 1661 – 1682
  149. Tomaso Albinoni 1671 – 1751
  150. Christian Wolff 1679 – 1754