Historical figures in 1640
The atlas holds 7 people and 8 moments here, in 1640. The most recorded lives are John Milton, René Descartes and Blaise Pascal. Among them Writers, Mathematicians and Philosophers.
Notable people
Aurangzeb
in 1640
1 moment here
Aurangzeb (Muhi al-Din Muhammad, later Alamgir I) was the sixth Mughal emperor, ruling from 1658 until 1707.…
Blaise Pascal
in 1640
1 moment here
French mathematician, physicist, inventor, philosopher, and Catholic writer. Pascal spent his life principally between Clermont-Ferrand, Paris,…
John Milton
in 1640
2 moments here
English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. This chronology follows documented residences, education, continental travel, marriages, public service,…
Miyamoto Musashi
in 1640
1 moment here
Japanese swordsman, strategist, artist, and writer. His early biography and several event dates are disputed or preserved in later accounts; this…
Peter Paul Rubens
in 1640
1 moment here
Flemish Baroque painter, designer, humanist, collector, and diplomat. Rubens was born at Siegen, spent formative years in Cologne and Antwerp, worked…
René Descartes
in 1640
1 moment here
French philosopher, mathematician, and natural philosopher whose methodic doubt, mind-body distinction, analytic techniques, and mechanical account…
Thomas Hobbes
in 1640
1 moment here
English philosopher and political theorist, best known for Leviathan (1651). Hobbes’s documented movements include study at Oxford, European travel…
Moments
- 1640 Meeting Shah Jahan at Lahore Aurangzeb
- 1640 Move to Rouen Blaise Pascal
- 1640 Aldersgate Street residence John Milton
- 1640 Lodgings at St Bride's Churchyard John Milton
- 1640 Residence at Chiba Castle Miyamoto Musashi
- 1640 Returns to Leiden for the Meditations René Descartes
- 1640 Exile in Paris Thomas Hobbes
- 1640 Death at his Antwerp home Peter Paul Rubens