the ledger of connections
The Connections of René Descartes
French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650) Every person recorded alongside René Descartes in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside René Descartes in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Joachim Descartes, Jeanne Brochard
- Children
- Descartés
- Siblings
- Pierre Descartes
- Students
- Gilles-François Boulduc, René Fédé
- Influenced by
- Plato, Aristotle, Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockham, Francisco Suárez, Marin Mersenne
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 1596 to 1650.
Early Modern era
Christoph Jentzsch
April 13, 1599 – April 25, 1648
Historical figure
Early Modern era
Elizabeth I
September 7, 1533 – March 24, 1603
Queen whose reign made England a global power and cultural beacon
Early Modern era
Philip II of Spain
May 21, 1527 – September 13, 1598
King of Spain, Portugal, Naples and Sicily; King consort of England, lived 1527-1598
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
Gustavus Adolphus
December 9, 1594 – November 6, 1632
Swedish king (regent 1611–1632) (1594–1632)
Early Modern era
Oliver Cromwell
April 25, 1599 – September 3, 1658
English military and political leader (1599–1658)
Early Modern era
Akbar
October 15, 1542 – October 15, 1605
The third and greatest Mughal emperor from 1556 to 1605
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
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
February 2, 1536 – September 18, 1598
Japanese samurai and daimyo (1537–1598)
Early Modern era
Tokugawa Ieyasu
January 31, 1543 – June 1, 1616
Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)