Ottoman–Habsburg Wars 1526–1791

Belligerents: Republic of Venice, Holy Roman Empire, Ottoman Empire, House of Habsburg, Spanish Empire, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Wallachia, Tsardom of Russia

Who lived through the Ottoman–Habsburg Wars

Well-known people alive during 1526–1791:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616) — English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
• Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
• Napoleon (1769–1821) — French military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 (1769–1821)
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) — German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) — Austrian composer of the Classical period (1756-1791)
• George Washington (1732–1799) — Founding Father and first U.S. president; soldier and slave owner (1732–1799)
• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) — German composer (1770-1827)
• Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) — Italian polymath (1564–1642)
• Michelangelo (1475–1564) — Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — German composer (1685–1750)
• Martin Luther (1483–1546) — German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
• Voltaire (1694–1778) — French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
• Immanuel Kant (1724–1804) — German philosopher (1724-1804)
• René Descartes (1596–1650) — French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) — Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712–1778) — Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer (1712-1778)
• Molière (1622–1673) — French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) — Founding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
• Adam Smith (1723–1790) — Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) — American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) — Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
• Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) — Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
• John Locke (1632–1704) — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
• Rembrandt (1606–1669) — Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) — German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)

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