Tokugawa Ietsuna
1641 – 1680 · 39 years · Edo · Asia
Reign: 1651 – 1680 (Japan: shoguns & emperors)
He became shogun in 1651 at the age of ten, with regents led by Hoshina Masayuki governing. He lived through the Great Fire of Meireki (1657), which destroyed most of Edo, and in 1663 banned retainers from following their lord in death.
Wikipedia (Russian) · Wikipedia (English) · 17th century
Portrait: Attributed to Kanō Yasunobu · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Contemporaries around the world
Europe
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- Charles II — the 'Merry Monarch' of the Restoration, 11 years older
- Leopold I — emperor under whom Vienna was saved from the Turks and Hungary retaken, 1 year older
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Eastern Europe & Russia
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Middle East
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Africa
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- Moulay Ismail — Sultan of Morocco, 4 years younger
- Fasilides — Emperor of Ethiopia, 38 years older
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Asia
- Kangxi Emperor — Qing emperor of China, 13 years younger
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Americas
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Oceania
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The world in their lifetime
- 1644 Fall of the Ming, rise of the Qing — aged 3, Asia
- 1648 Peace of Westphalia — aged 7, Europe
- 1649 Execution of Charles I of England — aged 8, Europe
- 1654 Pereiaslav Agreement — aged 13, Eastern Europe & Russia
- 1662 Last sighting of the dodo — aged 21, Africa
- 1676 Leeuwenhoek sees microbes — aged 35, Europe