Who Was Alive

Were Isaac Newton and Pius VI alive at the same time?

Yes. Isaac Newton and Pius VI were alive at the same time for 9 years, from 1717 to 1727.

Isaac Newton was 74 when Pius VI was born.

Pius VI 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

Pius VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

Born 25 December 1717 · died 29 August 1799, aged 81

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