Jean Racine vs Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
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Compare the life timelines of Jean Racine (1639–1699) and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 47 years, from 1648 to 1695.
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Jean Racine (1639–1699)
- — Born in La Ferté-Milon Verified
- — Educated at the Jansenist schools of Port-Royal Verified
- — First staged tragedy, La Thébaïde, produced by Molière's troupe Verified
- — Triumph of Andromaque Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Premiere of Phèdre Verified
- — Appointed royal historiographer to Louis XIV Verified
- — Married Catherine de Romanet Verified
- — Wrote the biblical dramas Esther and Athalie for Saint-Cyr Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz (1648–1695)
- — Born in San Miguel Nepantla, New Spain Verified
- — Taught herself to read and studied in her grandfather's library Verified
- — Entered the viceregal court in Mexico City as a lady-in-waiting Verified
- — Briefly entered the Discalced Carmelite convent Verified
- — Entered the Hieronymite Convent of Santa Paula Verified
- — Wrote her masterpiece, the philosophical poem Primero sueño Verified
- — First volume of her works published in Madrid Verified
- — Wrote the Respuesta a Sor Filotea, a defense of women's education Verified
- — Renounced her studies and sold her library under church pressure Verified
- — Died in Mexico City during an epidemic Verified