Who Was Alive

Philip II of Spain

King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598

Born 21 May 1527 · died 13 September 1598, aged 71

Who was alive at the same time as Philip II of Spain?

  1. Erasmus
  2. Niccolò Machiavelli
  3. Albrecht Dürer
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus
  5. Michelangelo
  6. Martin Luther
  7. Hernán Cortés
  8. Mimar Sinan
  9. Jacques Cartier
  10. Suleiman the Magnificent
  11. John Calvin
  12. Philip II of Spain
  13. Michel de Montaigne
  14. Elizabeth I of England
  15. Akbar
  16. Miguel de Cervantes
  17. Giordano Bruno
  18. Francis Bacon
  19. Galileo Galilei
  20. William Shakespeare
  21. Johannes Kepler
  22. Peter Paul Rubens
  23. Thomas Hobbes
  24. René Descartes
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When Philip II of Spain was born, Michelangelo was 52, Martin Luther was 43, Niccolò Machiavelli was 58, Nicolaus Copernicus was 54 and Albrecht Dürer was 56.

When Philip II of Spain died, William Shakespeare was 34, Galileo Galilei was 34, René Descartes was 2, Francis Bacon was 37 and Elizabeth I of England was 64.

Born during Philip II of Spain’s lifetime: William Shakespeare, Galileo Galilei, René Descartes, Miguel de Cervantes, Francis Bacon, Elizabeth I of England, Johannes Kepler and Peter Paul Rubens.

Not quite contemporaries: Leonardo da Vinci died 8 years before Philip II of Spain was born, Rembrandt was born 8 years after Philip II of Spain died, Ferdinand Magellan died 6 years before Philip II of Spain was born and Raphael died 7 years before Philip II of Spain was born.

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  1. William Shakespeare 1564 – 1616
  2. Galileo Galilei 1564 – 1642
  3. Michelangelo 1475 – 1564
  4. Martin Luther 1483 – 1546
  5. René Descartes 1596 – 1650
  6. Miguel de Cervantes c. 1547 – 1616
  7. Niccolò Machiavelli 1469 – 1527
  8. Nicolaus Copernicus 1473 – 1543
  9. Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626
  10. Albrecht Dürer 1471 – 1528
  11. Elizabeth I of England 1533 – 1603
  12. Johannes Kepler 1571 – 1630
  13. Peter Paul Rubens 1577 – 1640
  14. Hernán Cortés 1485 – 1547
  15. Akbar 1542 – 1605
  16. Jacques Cartier 1491 – 1557
  17. Thomas Hobbes 1588 – 1679
  18. Erasmus 1466 – 1536
  19. Suleiman the Magnificent 1494 – 1566
  20. Giordano Bruno 1548 – 1600
  21. Michel de Montaigne 1533 – 1592
  22. Mimar Sinan c. 1490 – 1588
  23. John Calvin 1509 – 1564
  24. François Rabelais 1494 – 1553
  25. Thomas More c. 1478 – 1535
  26. Charles V 1500 – 1558
  27. Lope de Vega 1562 – 1635
  28. Tycho Brahe 1546 – 1601
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  47. Mary I 1516 – 1558
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  50. John Donne 1572 – 1631
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