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c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Zeelst, Adriaan

1540 - 1623
1516-1558, queen; monarch of England and Ireland, reigned 1533-1558

Mary I

1516 - 1558
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Verdala, Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de

1531 - 1595
philospher, Spanish

Averroes

1126 - 1198
1516-1565, physician; naturalist, Swiss

Gesner, Konrad

1516 - 1565
ca. 1422-1491, printer; merchant; diplomat, English

Caxton, William

1422 - 1491
1432-1481, sultan of Ottoman empire, Turkish

Mehmed II

1432 - 1481
1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Hartmann, Georg

1489 - 1564
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Heiden, Christian

1526 - 1576
1367-1400, monarch, king of England

Richard II

1367 - 1400
1265-1321, poet, Italian

Alighieri, Dante

1265 - 1321
1452-1516, king; duke, Spanish

Ferdinand II of Aragon

1452 - 1516
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Dodoens, Rembert

1517 - 1585
1527-1598, cartographer; geographer, Flemish

Ortelius, Abraham

1527 - 1598
1462-1536, physician, Italian

Manardi, Giovanni

1462 - 1536
c.1532-1590, principal secretary, English; British

Walsingham, Francis

1532 - 1590
1493-1588, botanist; physician, Spanish

Monardes, Nicolas

1493 - 1588
c. 1499-c. 1546, artist, Dutch

Calcar, Jan Steven van

1499 - 1546
1507-1568, printer; linguist, Swiss

Oporinus, Johannes

1507 - 1568
c. 1275- c. 1327, anatomist, Italian

Mondino dei Luzzi

1275 - 1327
1380-1444, priest and preacher, saint, Italian

Saint Bernardino of Siena

1380 - 1444
1480-1562, knight, German

Berlichingen, Götz von

1480 - 1562

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

1548 - 1616
saint, Italian

Saint Catherine of Siena

1347 - 1380
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606
1502-1585, pope, Italian

Gregory XIII

1502 - 1585
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Agricola, Georg

1494 - 1555
1467-1540, scholar; humanist, French

Budé, Guillaume

1467 - 1540
1254-1324, merchant; traveller, Italian

Polo, Marco

1254 - 1324
1451-1506, mariner; explorer, Italian

Columbus, Christopher

1451 - 1506
1253-1303, saint; lawyer; ecclesiastical judge, French

Saint Yves

1253 - 1303
c. 1412-1431, saint, French

d'Arc, Jeanne

1412 - 1491
c. 1460-1509, cartographer; conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Cosa, Juan de la

1460 - 1509
1485-1547, conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Cortes, Hernando

1485 - 1547
1214?-1294, philosopher; Franciscan friar, English

Bacon, Roger

1214 - 1294
1118-1170, saint; martyr; archbishop, English

Becket, Thomas

1118 - 1170
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Cole, Humfrey

1530 - 1591
1529-1604, burgomaster of Leiden during the Spanish War and the pestilence of 1553, Dutch

Werfius, Petrus Adriani

1529 - 1604
1136-1206, active from 1181, engineer; inventor; author, Mesopotamian; Iraqi

al-Jazari, Ismail ibn al-Razzaz

1136 - 1206
1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward VI

1537 - 1553
1457-1509, king of England and lord of Ireland, reigned 1485-1509

Henry VII

1457 - 1509
1500-1570, medallist active in Padua, Italian

Cavino, Giovanni dal

1500 - 1570
1389-1459, Archbishop of Florence, Italian

Saint Antonino of Florence

1389 - 1459
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Da Vinci, Leonardo

1452 - 1519
1497-1558, physician, French

Fernel, Jean

1497 - 1558
1483-1533, writer, French

Rabelais, François

1483 - 1533
about 1450-about 1512, surgeon, publisher of book on surgery, born Strasbourg, German?

Brunschwig, Hieronymus von

1450 - 1512
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon

1533 - 1606