Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Maria Theresa of Austria alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Maria Theresa of Austria were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1717 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 74 when Maria Theresa of Austria was born.

Maria Theresa of Austria was 9 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

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions

Born 13 May 1717 · died 29 November 1780, aged 63

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