Polish–Muscovite War 1609–1618

Belligerents: Sweden, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, Tsardom of Russia, Swedish Empire, Zaporozhian Cossacks

Key battles

• Siege of Smolensk (1609)
• Battle of Klushino (1610)
• Battle of Moscow (1612)

Who lived through the Polish–Muscovite War

Well-known people alive during 1609–1618:

• 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)
• Rembrandt (1606–1669) — Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
• Francis Bacon (1561–1626) — English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
• Johannes Kepler (1572–1630) — German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)
• Peter Paul Rubens (1577–1640) — Flemish painter (1577–1640)
• 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)
• Lope de Vega (1562–1635) — Spanish playwright and poet (1562-1635)
• Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) — English military and political leader (1599–1658)
• Pierre de Fermat (1607–1665) — French mathematician and lawyer
• El Greco (1541–1614) — Greek artist, painter, sculptor and architect (1541–1614)
• Charles I of England (1600–1649) — King of England, Scotland, and Ireland from 1625 to 1649 (1600-1649)
• Pierre Corneille (1606–1684) — French tragedian (1606–1684)
• Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600–1681) — Spanish dramatist (1600-1681)
• Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu (1585–1642) — French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
• Abel Tasman (1603–1659) — Dutch seafarer, explorer and merchant (1603–1659)
• John Donne (1572–1631) — English poet and cleric (1572-1631)
• Shah Jahan (1592–1666) — the fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658
• John Amos Comenius (1592–1670) — Czech teacher, educator, philosopher and writer (1592-1670)
• François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680) — French author of maxims and memoirs (1613-1680)
• James VI and I (1566–1625) — King of Scotland from 1566 to 1625, King of England and Ireland from 1603 to 1625

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