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1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626

Flamel, Nicolas

1330 - 1418
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
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
1576-1621, colonial governor, English

Carver, John

1576 - 1621
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606
1462-1536, physician, Italian

Manardi, Giovanni

1462 - 1536
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Menabenus, Apollonius

1551 - 1661
1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Blaeu, Johannes

1596 - 528
1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Van Dyck, Anthony

1599 - 1641
c.1532-1590, principal secretary, English; British

Walsingham, Francis

1532 - 1590
1599-1667, pope, Italian

Alexander VII

1599 - 1655
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
1583-1634, army general, Bohemian (now Czech)

Wallenstein, General

1583 - 2500
1380-1444, priest and preacher, saint, Italian

Saint Bernardino of Siena

1380 - 1444
1480-1562, knight, German

Berlichingen, Götz von

1480 - 1562
1502-1585, pope, Italian

Gregory XIII

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

Agricola, Georg

1494 - 1555
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Greuter, Matthaus

1566 - 1638
1467-1540, scholar; humanist, French

Budé, Guillaume

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

Polo, Marco

1254 - 1324
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Blaeu, , Willem Janszoon

1571 - 1638
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
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Tulp, Nicolaas

1593 - 1674
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
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
c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660
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
1592-1638, chemist; alchemist, German

Brendel, Zacharias

1592 - 1638
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Bacon, Francis

1561 - 1626
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Pett, the elder, Phineas

1570 - 1608
1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606
saint, Italian

Saint Catherine of Siena

1347 - 1380