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

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541

Nicolas Flamel

1330 - 1418
1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Andreas Vesalius

1514 - 1564
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

John Dee

1527 - 1609
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Leonardo Da Vinci

1452 - 1519
1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Humfrey Cole

1530 - 1591
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

Hieronymus Fabricius ab Acquapendente

1537 - 1619
c. 1412-1431, saint, French

Jeanne d'Arc

1412 - 1491
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Rembert Dodoens

1517 - 1585
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623

Justus Lipsius

1547 - 1606

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
active 1487-1550, astronomer; scientific instrument maker, German

Nicolaus Kratzer

1486 - 1550
1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666
1600-1947, military medical service, India

Indian Medical Service

1600 - 1947
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Philippe Danfrie

1525 - 1608
active 1592-1598, mathematician; maker of globes, mathematical instruments & ordnance, English

Emery Molyneux

1560 - 1506

Alvaro Alonso Barba

1569 - 1601
1507-1568, printer; linguist, Swiss

Johannes Oporinus

1507 - 1568
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Phineas Pett

1570 - 1608
1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, British

Charles

1600 - 1649
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Matthaus Greuter

1566 - 1638
1572-1638, publisher, printer, Exeter, England, English

William Stansby

1572 - 1609
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1397?-1468, printer; inventor, German

Johannes Gutenberg

1397 - 1468
c. 1300-1368, surgeon, French

Guy de Chauliac

1300 - 1368
1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Cornelius Janssen van

1593 - 1661
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Apollonius Menabenus

1551 - 1661
1597-1681, artist, Flemish

Justus Sustermans

1597 - 1681
1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603, sovereign, English

Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603
c. 1512-1575, physician; scholar, Dutch

Adrian Junius

1512 - 1575
1500-1558, monarch; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Belgian

Charles V

1500 - 1558
1432-1481, sultan of Ottoman empire, Turkish

Mehmed

1432 - 1481
1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Georg Hartmann

1489 - 1564
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1571 - 1638
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

1533 - 1606
1452-1516, king; duke, Spanish

Ferdinand II of Aragon

1452 - 1516
1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Johannes Blaeu

1596 - 528
1516-1558, queen; monarch of England and Ireland, reigned 1533-1558

Mary

1516 - 1558
1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Anthony Van Dyck

1599 - 1641
Mr

Vincenzo Scamozzi

1548 - 1616