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1577-1644, chemist; physiologist; physician, Belgian

Helmont, Jean Baptiste van

1577 - 1644
1416-1507, Christian saint; mendicant friar, Italian

Saint Francis of Paola

1416 - 1507
1668-1744, philosopher; historian; jurist; rhetorician, Italian

Vico, Giovanni Battista

1668 - 1744
c. 1330-1418, alchemist; scrivener to university of Paris, French

Flamel, Nicolas

1330 - 1418
1614-ca. 1690, painter; printmaker, Dutch; active Italy, United Kingdom

Borcht, Hendrik van der

1614 - 1690
1681-1755, active 1707-1730, mathematical instrument maker & map surveyor, English; British

Glynne, Richard

1681 - 1755
ca. 1318-1389, mathematician; philosopher; astronomer; physician, Italian

Dondi dall'Orologio, Giovanni

1318 - 1389
1665-1727, engraver; medallist, Flemish

Roettiers, Norbert

1665 - 1727
1696-1746, 9th Earl of Huntingdon, English; British

Hastings, Theophilus

1696 - 1746
1674-1755, Jesuit priest; physician?, French

Belsunce, Henri Francois Xavier

1674 - 1755
1662-1726, writer, Dutch

Heiden, Jan van der

1662 - 1726
1610-1690, artist; painter, Flemish

Teniers II, David

1610 - 1690
1613-1688, architect; physician; anatomist, French

Perrault, Claude

1613 - 1688
1500-1558, monarch; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Belgian

Charles V

1500 - 1558
1569-1662, Catholic priest; metallurgist, active in Bolivia, Spanish

Barba, Alvaro Alonso

1569 - 1662
1610-1688, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, English; British

Butler, James

1610 - 1688
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Danfrie, Philippe

1525 - 1608
1600-1675, astronomer, Belgian

Langren, Michel Van

1600 - 1675
1547-1606, philologist, Flemish; Belgian

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606
1618-1680, artist; portrait painter; art collector, German born, Dutch parentage, active England

Lely, Sir Peter

1618 - 1680
c.1545-1612, herbalist, English

Gerard, John

1545 - 1612
1614-1672, natural philosopher, British

Wilkins, John

1614 - 1672
1334-1325 BCE, pharaoh, Ancient Egyptian

Tutankhamun

1334 BCE - 1325 BCE
1700-1770, clergyman; physicist, French

Nollet, Jean Antoine

1700 - 1770
active 1592-1598, mathematician; maker of globes, mathematical instruments & ordnance, English

Molyneux, Emery

1560 - 1506
1619-1655, dramatist and duellist, French

Cyrano de Bergerac

1619 - 1655
c. 1607-1693, clockmaker; mechanic, English

Fromanteel, Ahasuerus

1607 - 1693
1660-current (2014), scientific learned society, English; British

The Royal Society

1660

Portsmouth Dockyard

1495
1527-current (2010), university, Marburg, Germany, German

University of Marburg

1527
1690-1999, fire engine manufacturer, Greenwich, England

Merryweather and Sons Limited

1690
1694-, bank, London, England

Bank of England

1694
1420- current (2010), corporate body, repository, London, England

College of Arms

1420
active 1435-current, religious order, French

Order of Minims

1435
1518-current (2011), college, English; British

Royal College of Physicians

1518
active 1451-current (2008), university; research institution, Glasgow, Scotland

University of Glasgow

1451
active 1656-current (2009), hospital, Paris, France

Salpetriere Hospital

1656
1581-current (2010), art gallery, Florence, Italy, Italian

Uffizi Gallery Florence

1581
1694-1776?, astronomer; stableman; shepherd, English

Bartlett, John

1694
founded 1666, Paris [ongoing 2006], academic institution, French

Academie des sciences

1666
1666-current (2011), scientific society, French

Academie Des Sciences

1666
1628-current (2015), board of control of the Royal Navy, London, England

Board of Admiralty

1628
c.1612, artist (printmaker), Flemish, Belgium

Snyers, Hendrick

1612
1631-current (2011), city guild, English; British

Worshipful Company of Clockmakers

1631
1685-present, British army regiment, British

King's Regiment

1685
1626-current, medicinal garden, French

Les Jardin des Plantes

1626
founded 1640 [ongoing 2006], academic institution, French

Academie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse

1640
1400-current [2012], market, English; British

Billingsgate Market

1400
1495-current (2008), university, Aberdeen, Scotland

University of Aberdeen

1495
1568-current (2011), stately home; safari park, English; British

Longleat House

1568