Antonio Vivaldi
1678 – 1741 · 63 years · Venice · Europe
Venetian violinist-priest and master of the Baroque concerto, whose The Four Seasons is among the most performed works of classical music.
Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 17th century
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Johann Sebastian Bach — German composer and organist, 7 years younger
- Isaac Newton — English physicist and mathematician, 35 years older
- Voltaire — French Enlightenment writer, 16 years younger
- Louis XIV — King of France, the Sun King, 40 years older
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz — German philosopher and mathematician, 32 years older
- Queen Anne — last Stuart monarch, under whom Great Britain was created, 13 years older
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Peter the Great — first Emperor of Russia, 6 years older
- Mikhail Lomonosov — Russian polymath, 33 years younger
- Catherine the Great — Empress of Russia, 51 years younger
- Vitus Bering — Danish explorer in Russian service, 3 years younger
- Anna — empress who tore up the Conditions; era of Biron's dominance, 15 years younger
- Catherine I — first Russian empress, widow of Peter the Great, 6 years younger
Middle East
- Ahmed III — sultan of the 'Tulip Era', 5 years older
- Nader Shah — Shah of Iran and conqueror, 10 years younger
- Mahmud I — sultan who regained Belgrade by the 1739 peace, 18 years younger
- Osman III — sultan who spent 50 years in the 'cage', 21 years younger
- Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab — Islamic religious reformer, 25 years younger
- Mustafa II — sultan who signed the Treaty of Karlowitz, 14 years older
Africa
- Moulay Ismail — Sultan of Morocco, 33 years older
- Osei Tutu I — founder of the Ashanti Empire, 18 years older
- Kimpa Vita — Kongolese prophet, 6 years younger
Asia
- Kangxi Emperor — Qing emperor of China, 24 years older
- Tokugawa Yoshimune — reforming shogun who allowed Western books, 6 years younger
- Tokugawa Tsunayoshi — the 'Dog Shogun' who outlawed cruelty to animals, 32 years older
- Qianlong Emperor — Qing emperor of China, 33 years younger
- Aurangzeb — Mughal emperor, 60 years older
- Matsuo Bashō — Japanese poet, 34 years older
Americas
- Benjamin Franklin — American scientist and statesman, 28 years younger
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz — Mexican poet and nun, 30 years older
- Aleijadinho — Brazilian sculptor and architect, 52 years younger
Oceania
- James Cook — British navigator, 50 years younger
- Tupaia — Tahitian navigator and priest, 47 years younger
The world in their lifetime
- 1682 Accession of Peter the Great — aged 4, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1683 Battle of Vienna — aged 5, Europe
- 1687 Newton's Principia — aged 9, Europe
- 1688–1689 Glorious Revolution — aged 10, Europe
- 1703 Founding of Saint Petersburg — aged 25, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1709 Battle of Poltava — aged 31, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1721 Proclamation of the Russian Empire — aged 43, Eastern Europe & Russia