Royalty · Music · Scholarship · 1673–1723
Dimitrie Cantemir
Prince of Moldavia and influential philosopher and historian
Did you know?A versatile intellectual, he wrote a definitive history of the Ottoman Empire and was elected a member of the Berlin Academy.
Dimitrie or Demetrius Cantemir (Romanian pronunciation:; Russian: Дмитрий Кантемир, romanized: Dmitry Kantemir; 26 October 1673 – 21 August 1723), also known by other spellings, was a Moldavian prince, statesman, and man of letters. He twice served as voivode of Moldavia (March–April 1693 and 1710–1711).
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- Would be
- 352
- Age at death
- 49
- Years since death
- 303
- Born
- October 26, 1673 · Silișteni, Romania
- Died
- August 21, 1723
- Nationality
- Moldavian
- Known for
- Royalty, Music, Scholarship
Family
- Father
- Constantin Cantemir
- Mother
- Ana Bantăș
- Spouses
- Anastasia Ivanovna Trubetskaya, Casandra Cantacuzino
- Children
- Antiochus Kantemir, Ekaterina Dmitrievna Golitsyna, Maria Dimitrievna Cantemirova, Șerban Cantemir
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- Born on October 26Born on October 26 too? You share your birthday with Dimitrie Cantemir, Hillary Clinton, François Mitterrand and 22 more famous people. See your full list of birthday twins.Date page
- Died on August 21Dimitrie Cantemir is remembered every August 21, along with 11 other notable people who died on this day. Discover what else happened on that date.Date page
- See the front page from the day Dimitrie Cantemir was bornA newspaper front page for 26 October 1673, styled like the papers of the time, with headlines and famous birthdays from that day.Birthday newspaper
- Would-be age todayDimitrie Cantemir would be 352 years old today. See how many birthdays they would have celebrated.Age
- Birth anniversaryDimitrie Cantemir's 353rd birthday is in 3 days. If it's your birthday too, it's a double celebration!353rd
- Death anniversaryThe 304th anniversary of Dimitrie Cantemir's death is in 302 days. A moment to remember their legacy.304th
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