Prince Rupert of the Rhine

1619–1682

English-German aristocrat, army officer, admiral, scientist, and colonial administrator (1619–1682)

politician · admiral · inventor

Born in Prague

Contemporaries

People who walked the earth at the same time as Prince Rupert of the Rhine:

• Isaac Newton (1643–1727)
• Galileo Galilei (1564–1642)
• René Descartes (1596–1650)
• Molière (1622–1673)
• John Locke (1632–1704)
• Rembrandt (1606–1669)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716)
• Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694)

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