Rembrandt van Rijn vs Thomas Hobbes
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Compare the life timelines of Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669) and Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 63 years, from 1606 to 1669.
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Rembrandt van Rijn (1606–1669)
- — Born in Leiden, Dutch Republic Verified
- — Moved to Amsterdam to work as a portrait painter
- — Married Saskia van Uylenburgh Verified
- — Completed The Night Watch Verified
- — Declared insolvent after years of financial trouble
- — Died in Amsterdam 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