Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Louis XV of France alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Louis XV of France were alive at the same time for 17 years, from 1710 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 67 when Louis XV of France was born.

Louis XV of France was 17 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

Louis XV of France

King of France and Navarre 1715 to 1774

Born 15 February 1710 · died 10 May 1774, aged 64

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