Diego Velázquez vs Thomas Hobbes
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Compare the life timelines of Diego Velázquez (1599–1660) and Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 61 years, from 1599 to 1660.
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Diego Velázquez (1599–1660)
- — Born in Seville, Spain Verified
- — Apprenticed to the painter Francisco Pacheco in Seville Verified
- — Married Juana Pacheco, daughter of his teacher Verified
- — Moved to Madrid and appointed court painter to King Philip IV Verified
- — First journey to Italy to study the Italian masters Verified
- — Painted The Surrender of Breda Verified
- — Second journey to Italy and Portrait of Pope Innocent X Verified
- — Painted Las Meninas Verified
- — Knighted in the Order of Santiago Verified
- — Died in Madrid Verified
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
- — Born in Westport, near Malmesbury, Wiltshire, England Verified
- — Studied at Magdalen Hall, Oxford Verified
- — Became tutor to William Cavendish, beginning a lifelong connection with the Cavendish family Verified
- — Published his English translation of Thucydides's History of the Peloponnesian War Verified
- — Fled to Paris ahead of the English Civil War Verified
- — Served as mathematics tutor to the future King Charles II in Paris Verified
- — Published Leviathan Verified
- — Returned to England and submitted to the Council of State Verified
- — Published verse translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey in his late eighties Verified
- — Died at Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, aged 91 Verified