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c. 1494-1568, knight of St John, French

Valette, Jean Parisot de la

1494 - 1568

1382-1439, magnate, thirteenth earl of Warwick, English

Beauchamp, Richard

1382 - 1439

1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Brahe, Tycho

1546 - 1601

1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward VI

1537 - 1553

1449-1492, statesman, Italian

Medici, Lorenzo di Piero de'

1449 - 1492

1225-1274, philosopher; theologian, Italian

Aquinas, Thomas

1225 - 1274

1532-1592, count of Hesse-Kassel,

Wilhelm IV

1532 - 1592

1416-1507, Christian saint; mendicant friar, Italian

Saint Francis of Paola

1416 - 1507

1367-1400, monarch, king of England

Richard II

1367 - 1400

active c1505-c1575, artist, French

Limousin, Leonard

1505 - 1575

1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Van Dyck, Anthony

1599 - 1641

1597-1679, cardinal; bishop, Italian

Barberini, Cardinal Francesco

1597 - 1679

c. 1500-1585, active from 1529 in Spain, clock maker; engineer, mathematician, of Cremona, Italian?

Torriano, Juanelo

1500 - 1585

1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Heiden, Christian

1526 - 1576

1529-1604, burgomaster of Leiden during the Spanish War and the pestilence of 1553, Dutch

Werfius, Petrus Adriani

1529 - 1604

ca. 1422-1491, printer; merchant; diplomat, English

Caxton, William

1422 - 1491

c 1295-1327, Christian saint; martyr; pilgrim, French

Saint Roch

1295 - 1327

c. 1499-c. 1546, artist, Dutch

Calcar, Jan Steven van

1499 - 1546

1552-1622, astronomer; cartographer; clergyman, Dutch

Plancius, Petrus

1552 - 1622

1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Pett, the elder, Phineas

1570 - 1647

c. 1512-1575, physician; scholar, Dutch

Junius, Adrian

1512 - 1575

1516-1558, queen; monarch of England and Ireland, reigned 1533-1558

Mary I

1516 - 1558

c. 1330-1418, alchemist; scrivener to university of Paris, French

Flamel, Nicolas

1330 - 1418

c. 1524-1580, explorer; poet, Portuguese

Camoes, Luiz de

1524 - 1580

1500-1570, medallist active in Padua, Italian

Cavino, Giovanni dal

1500 - 1570

ca. 1318-1389, mathematician; philosopher; astronomer; physician, Italian

Dondi dall'Orologio, Giovanni

1318 - 1389

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606

1214?-1294, philosopher; Franciscan friar, English

Bacon, Roger

1214 - 1294

1253-1303, saint; lawyer; ecclesiastical judge, French

Saint Yves

1253 - 1303

1530 or 1531-1596, alchemist; publisher, German?

Thurneisser, Leonhardt

1530 - 1596

d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Morand, Antoine

1600 - 1682

1560?-1631, goldsmith; entrepreneur; engineer; Welsh; British

Myddelton, Sir Hugh

1560 - 1631

1542-1605, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556-1605, Persian

Akbar the Great

1542 - 1605

c. 1437-1492, Queen consort of Edward IV, King of England

Woodville, Elizabeth

1437 - 1492

1462-1536, physician, Italian

Manardi, Giovanni

1462 - 1536

1397?-1468, printer; inventor, German

Gutenberg, Johannes

1397 - 1468

1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Dodoens, Rembert

1517 - 1585

1568-current (2011), stately home; safari park, English; British

Longleat House

1568

1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Hartmann, Georg

1489 - 1564

1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Vopel, Caspar

1511 - 1561

1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Greuter, Matthaus

1566 - 1638

1597-1681, artist, Flemish

Sustermans, Justus

1597 - 1681

1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Tulp, Nicolaas

1593 - 1674

1254-1324, merchant; traveller, Italian

Polo, Marco

1254 - 1324

Queen Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603

1497 or 1498-1543, artist, German

Holbein, Hans

1497 - 1543

c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660

1483-1533, writer, French

Rabelais, François

1483 - 1533

1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Blaeu, , Willem Janszoon

1571 - 1638

1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666