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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
1452-1516, king; duke, Spanish

Ferdinand II of Aragon

1452 - 1516
1462-1536, physician, Italian

Manardi, Giovanni

1462 - 1536
1493-1588, botanist; physician, Spanish

Monardes, Nicolas

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

Calcar, Jan Steven van

1499 - 1546
1480-1562, knight, German

Berlichingen, Götz von

1480 - 1562
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Agricola, Georg

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

Budé, Guillaume

1467 - 1540
1451-1506, mariner; explorer, Italian

Columbus, Christopher

1451 - 1506
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
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
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
c. 1500-1585, active from 1529 in Spain, clock maker; engineer, mathematician, of Cremona, Italian?

Torriano, Juanelo

1500 - 1585
c. 1471 or 1476-1541, conquistador, Spanish

Pizarro, Francisco

1476 - 1541
c. 1437-1492, Queen consort of Edward IV, King of England

Woodville, Elizabeth

1437 - 1492
c. 1494-1568, knight of St John, French

Valette, Jean Parisot de la

1494 - 1568
1497 or 1498-1543, artist, German

Holbein, Hans

1497 - 1543
1473-1543, mathematician; astronomer, Polish

Copernicus, Nicolaus

1473 - 1543
active 1487-1550, astronomer; scientific instrument maker, German

Kratzer, Nicolaus

1486 - 1550
King of England

Edward IV

1442 - 1483
1449-1492, statesman, Italian

Medici, Lorenzo di Piero de'

1449 - 1492
1445-1510, Renaissance artist; painter, Florence, Italy

Botticelli, Sandro

1445 - 1510
c. 1485-1547, painter; draughtsman, Italian

Piombo, Sebastiano del

1485 - 1547
c. 1478-1553, physician; scholar; poet; astronomer; geologist, Italian

Fracastorius

1478 - 1553
1491-1547, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1509-1547

Henry VIII

1491 - 1547
1457-1482, duchess of Burgundy

Mary

1457 - 1482
1451-1504, monarch; queen, Spanish

Isabella I of Castile

1451 - 1504
1416-1507, Christian saint; mendicant friar, Italian

Saint Francis of Paola

1416 - 1507
1500-1558, monarch; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Belgian

Charles V

1500 - 1558
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1420- current (2010), corporate body, repository, London, England

College of Arms

1420
active 1435-current, religious order, French

Order of Minims

1435
active 1451-current (2008), university; research institution, Glasgow, Scotland

University of Glasgow

1451

Hedges, Nick

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Portsmouth Dockyard

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

University of Aberdeen

1495
1495-current [2013], naval dockyard, English; British

Portsmouth Dockyard

1495