Moulay Ismail
c. 1645 – 1727 · 82 years · Meknes · Africa
Alaouite sultan who reigned 55 years, built an army of Black slave soldiers, took Tangier from the English and rebuilt Meknes as his capital.
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Contemporaries around the world
Europe
- Isaac Newton — English physicist and mathematician, 2 years older
- Louis XIV — King of France, the Sun King, 7 years older
- Johann Sebastian Bach — German composer and organist, 40 years younger
- Voltaire — French Enlightenment writer, 49 years younger
- Rembrandt — Dutch painter, 39 years older
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz — German philosopher and mathematician, 1 year younger
Eastern Europe & Russia
- Peter the Great — first Emperor of Russia, 27 years younger
- Mikhail Lomonosov — Russian polymath, 66 years younger
- Vitus Bering — Danish explorer in Russian service, 36 years younger
- Catherine I — first Russian empress, widow of Peter the Great, 39 years younger
- Anna — empress who tore up the Conditions; era of Biron's dominance, 48 years younger
- Alexis the Most Quiet — tsar of the 1649 Law Code and the church schism, 16 years older
Middle East
- Ahmed III — sultan of the 'Tulip Era', 28 years younger
- Nader Shah — Shah of Iran and conqueror, 43 years younger
- Ahmed II — sultan who lost the Battle of Slankamen, 2 years older
- Mehmed IV the Hunter — sultan of the Köprülü era and the siege of Vienna, 3 years older
- Suleiman II — sultan who retook Belgrade after 39 years in the 'cage', 3 years older
- Mustafa II — sultan who signed the Treaty of Karlowitz, 19 years younger
Africa
- Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba — Queen of Ndongo and Matamba, 62 years older
- Osei Tutu I — founder of the Ashanti Empire, 15 years younger
- Fasilides — Emperor of Ethiopia, 42 years older
- Kimpa Vita — Kongolese prophet, 39 years younger
Asia
- Kangxi Emperor — Qing emperor of China, 9 years younger
- Tokugawa Tsunayoshi — the 'Dog Shogun' who outlawed cruelty to animals, 1 year younger
- Aurangzeb — Mughal emperor, 27 years older
- Matsuo Bashō — Japanese poet, 1 year older
- Tokugawa Yoshimune — reforming shogun who allowed Western books, 39 years younger
- Shivaji — founder of the Maratha state, 15 years older
Americas
- Benjamin Franklin — American scientist and statesman, 61 years younger
- Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz — Mexican poet and nun, 3 years younger
Oceania
- Abel Tasman — Dutch navigator, 42 years older
The world in their lifetime
- 1648 Peace of Westphalia — aged 3, Europe
- 1649 Execution of Charles I of England — aged 4, Europe
- 1654 Pereiaslav Agreement — aged 9, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1662 Last sighting of the dodo — aged 17, Africa
- 1676 Leeuwenhoek sees microbes — aged 31, Europe
- 1682 Accession of Peter the Great — aged 37, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1683 Battle of Vienna — aged 38, Europe
- 1687 Newton's Principia — aged 42, Europe
- 1688–1689 Glorious Revolution — aged 43, Europe
- 1703 Founding of Saint Petersburg — aged 58, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1709 Battle of Poltava — aged 64, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1721 Proclamation of the Russian Empire — aged 76, Eastern Europe & Russia