the ledger of connections
The Connections of Daniel Defoe
English trader, writer, and journalist (1660–1731) Every person recorded alongside Daniel Defoe in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Daniel Defoe in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- James Foe, Alice Marsh
- Spouses
- Mary Tuffley
- Children
- Benjamin Norton Defoe, Sofia Defoe
- Influenced
- Charles Dickens, Jules Verne, Virginia Woolf
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1660 to 1731.
Early Modern era
Charles III
January 20, 1716 – December 14, 1788
King of Spain from 1759 to 1788
Early Modern era
Jean Cavalier
November 28, 1681 – May 17, 1740
Camisard rebel leader, Governor of Jersey
Early Modern era
Louis XIV
September 5, 1638 – September 1, 1715
King of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 (1638-1715)
Early Modern era
Frederick the Great
January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786
King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 (1712-1786)
Early Modern era
Maria Theresa
May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780
Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)
Early Modern era
Peter the Great
May 30, 1672 – January 28, 1725
Tsar/Emperor of Russia from 1682 to 1725
Early Modern era
Catherine the Great
April 21, 1729 – November 17, 1796
Empress who modernized and expanded the Russian Empire
Early Modern era
Shah Jahan
January 15, 1592 – January 22, 1666
The fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658
Early Modern era
Aurangzeb
November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707
The sixth Mughal Emperor from 1658 to 1707
Early Modern era
Shivaji
February 19, 1627 – April 3, 1680
Indian Maratha king and founder of the Maratha Swaraj (Empire)
Early Modern era
Kangxi Emperor
May 4, 1654 – December 20, 1722
3rd Emperor of the Qing dynasty (r. 1661–1722)
Early Modern era
Qianlong Emperor
September 25, 1711 – February 7, 1799
Emperor of the Qing Dynasty (1711–1799)