Historical figures in 1688
The atlas holds 6 people and 15 moments here, in 1688. The most recorded lives are Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Matsuo Bashō and John Locke. Among them Writers, Philosophers and Political Leaders.
Notable people
Aurangzeb
in 1688
1 moment here
Aurangzeb (Muhi al-Din Muhammad, later Alamgir I) was the sixth Mughal emperor, ruling from 1658 until 1707.…
Daniel Defoe
in 1688
1 moment here
English merchant, political writer, journalist, intelligence agent, and novelist. This chronology records documented physical presences from his…
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
in 1688
6 moments here
German polymath, philosopher, mathematician, jurist, diplomat, court councillor, historian, and librarian.…
John Locke
in 1688
1 moment here
English philosopher, physician, and political writer. Locke was born in Somerset, educated in London and Oxford, served Lord Shaftesbury in London,…
Jonathan Swift
in 1688
1 moment here
Anglo-Irish writer, satirist, political pamphleteer, and Church of Ireland cleric, best known for Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, and A Modest…
Matsuo Bashō
in 1688
5 moments here
Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) was a Japanese poet of the Edo period, renowned for haikai and for travel writing including Oku no Hosomichi.…
Moments
- 1688 Camp by the Bhima River Aurangzeb
- 1688 William's army at Henley Daniel Defoe
- 1688 Hosted at Sulzbach Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Residence in Rotterdam John Locke
- 1688 Secretary at Moor Park Jonathan Swift
- 1688 Travel through Osaka, Suma, and Akashi Matsuo Bashō
- 1688 Pilgrimage to Ise Shrine Matsuo Bashō
- 1688 Arrival in Munich Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Meeting at Graupen Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Two weeks in Regensburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Departure for Yoshino Matsuo Bashō
- 1688 Archival discovery in Augsburg Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 First extended Vienna stay Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
- 1688 Departure from Nagoya for Sarashina Matsuo Bashō
- 1688 Return to Edo after Sarashina journey Matsuo Bashō