Alexis the Most Quiet
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1629 – 1676 · 47 years · Moscow · Eastern Europe & Russia
Reign: 1645 – 1676 (Rus and Russia)
The second Romanov tsar. His reign saw the 1649 Law Code that bound peasants to the land, the union with Left-bank Ukraine (1654), and Patriarch Nikon's reforms that led to the church schism.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
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- Louis XIV — King of France, the Sun King, 9 years younger
- Isaac Newton — English physicist and mathematician, 14 years younger
- René Descartes — French philosopher and mathematician, 33 years older
- Galileo Galilei — Italian physicist and astronomer, 65 years older
- Charles II — the 'Merry Monarch' of the Restoration, 1 year younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
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Middle East
- Murad IV — sultan who retook Baghdad and banned tobacco, 17 years older
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- Ahmed II — sultan who lost the Battle of Slankamen, 14 years younger
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Africa
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- Fasilides — Emperor of Ethiopia, 26 years older
- Moulay Ismail — Sultan of Morocco, 16 years younger
- Osei Tutu I — founder of the Ashanti Empire, 31 years younger
Asia
- Kangxi Emperor — Qing emperor of China, 25 years younger
- Aurangzeb — Mughal emperor, 11 years older
- Shivaji — founder of the Maratha state, 1 year younger
- Shah Jahan — Mughal emperor, 37 years older
- Matsuo Bashō — Japanese poet, 15 years younger
- Tokugawa Tsunayoshi — the 'Dog Shogun' who outlawed cruelty to animals, 17 years younger
Americas
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz — Mexican poet and nun, 19 years younger
Oceania
- Abel Tasman — Dutch navigator, 26 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1632–1653 Building of the Taj Mahal — aged 3, Asia
- 1644 Fall of the Ming, rise of the Qing — aged 15, Asia
- 1648 Peace of Westphalia — aged 19, Europe
- 1649 Execution of Charles I of England — aged 20, Europe
- 1654 Pereiaslav Agreement — aged 25, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1662 Last sighting of the dodo — aged 33, Africa
- 1676 Leeuwenhoek sees microbes — aged 47, Europe