George I
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1660 – 1727 · 67 years · London · Europe
Reign: 1714 – 1727 (England and Britain)
A German elector who inherited the British throne as the nearest Protestant relative. Speaking little English and taking little part in government, he let power pass to ministers led by Robert Walpole, the first prime minister.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Isaac Newton — English physicist and mathematician, 17 years older
- Louis XIV — King of France, the Sun King, 22 years older
- Johann Sebastian Bach — German composer and organist, 25 years younger
- Voltaire — French Enlightenment writer, 34 years younger
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz — German philosopher and mathematician, 14 years older
- Queen Anne — last Stuart monarch, under whom Great Britain was created, 5 years younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Peter the Great — first Emperor of Russia, 12 years younger
- Mikhail Lomonosov — Russian polymath, 51 years younger
- Vitus Bering — Danish explorer in Russian service, 21 years younger
- Catherine I — first Russian empress, widow of Peter the Great, 24 years younger
- Anna — empress who tore up the Conditions; era of Biron's dominance, 33 years younger
- Leonhard Euler — Swiss mathematician, 47 years younger
Middle East
- Ahmed III — sultan of the 'Tulip Era', 13 years younger
- Nader Shah — Shah of Iran and conqueror, 28 years younger
- Mustafa II — sultan who signed the Treaty of Karlowitz, 4 years younger
- Ahmed II — sultan who lost the Battle of Slankamen, 17 years older
- Mehmed IV the Hunter — sultan of the Köprülü era and the siege of Vienna, 18 years older
- Suleiman II — sultan who retook Belgrade after 39 years in the 'cage', 18 years older
Africa
- Moulay Ismail — Sultan of Morocco, 15 years older
- Osei Tutu I — founder of the Ashanti Empire, born the same year
- Kimpa Vita — Kongolese prophet, 24 years younger
Asia
- Kangxi Emperor — Qing emperor of China, 6 years older
- Tokugawa Tsunayoshi — the 'Dog Shogun' who outlawed cruelty to animals, 14 years older
- Aurangzeb — Mughal emperor, 42 years older
- Tokugawa Yoshimune — reforming shogun who allowed Western books, 24 years younger
- Matsuo Bashō — Japanese poet, 16 years older
- Shivaji — founder of the Maratha state, 30 years older
Americas
- Benjamin Franklin — American scientist and statesman, 46 years younger
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz — Mexican poet and nun, 12 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1662 Last sighting of the dodo — aged 2, Africa
- 1676 Leeuwenhoek sees microbes — aged 16, Europe
- 1682 Accession of Peter the Great — aged 22, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1683 Battle of Vienna — aged 23, Europe
- 1687 Newton's Principia — aged 27, Europe
- 1688–1689 Glorious Revolution — aged 28, Europe
- 1703 Founding of Saint Petersburg — aged 43, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1709 Battle of Poltava — aged 49, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1721 Proclamation of the Russian Empire — aged 61, Eastern Europe & Russia