Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Frederick II of Prussia alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Frederick II of Prussia were alive at the same time for 15 years, from 1712 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 69 when Frederick II of Prussia was born.

Frederick II of Prussia was 15 when Isaac Newton died, aged 84.

Isaac Newton

English mathematician and physicist

Born 25 December 1642 (Julian calendar) · died 20 March 1727 (Julian calendar), aged 84

Frederick II of Prussia

King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786

Born 24 January 1712 · died 17 August 1786, aged 74

  1. René Descartes
  2. Isaac Newton
  3. Johann Sebastian Bach
  4. Voltaire
  5. Frederick II of Prussia
  6. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  7. Immanuel Kant
  8. George Washington
  9. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  10. Napoleon
Isaac Newton and Frederick II of Prussia 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.