Dutch Revolt 1568–1648
Spanish Empire ⚔ Dutch Republic
Who lived through the Dutch Revolt
Well-known people alive during 1568–1648:
- William Shakespeare (1564–1616) — English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
- Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) — Italian polymath (1564–1642)
- René Descartes (1596–1650) — French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
- Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) — Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
- Molière (1622–1673) — French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
- John Locke (1632–1704) — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
- Rembrandt (1606–1669) — Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
- Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) — French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
- Elizabeth I of England (1533–1603) — Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603
- Francis Bacon (1561–1626) — English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
- Louis XIV of France (1638–1715) — King of France and of Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
- Johannes Kepler (1572–1630) — German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
- Benedictus de Spinoza (1632–1677) — Dutch philosopher (1632-1677)
- Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) — Flemish painter (1577–1640)
- Akbar (1542–1605) — the third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605
- Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) — Spanish painter (1599-1660)
- Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) — English philosopher (1588–1679)
- John Milton (1608–1674) — English poet and civil servant (1608–1674)
- Giordano Bruno (1548–1600) — Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621–1695) — French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)
- Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592) — French author, philosopher, and statesman (1533–1592)
- Mimar Sinan (1490–1588) — 16th-century Ottoman chief architect and civil engineer
- Lope de Vega (1562–1635) — Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)
- Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) — English military and political leader (1599–1658)
- Tycho Brahe (1546–1601) — Danish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
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