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

Mary I

1516 - 1558
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869
c. 1500-1585, active from 1529 in Spain, clock maker; engineer, mathematician, of Cremona, Italian?

Torriano, Juanelo

1500 - 1585
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
1527-1609, mathematician, astrologer, and antiquary, English

Dee, John

1527 - 1609
1512-1594, cartographer; geographer; mathematician, Belgian

Mercator, Gerhard

1512 - 1594
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
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Vesalius, Andreas

1514 - 1564
c. 1524-1580, explorer; poet, Portuguese

Camoes, Luiz de

1524 - 1580
1527-1605, naturalist, Italian

Aldovandi, Ulisse

1527 - 1605
King of England

Edward IV

1442 - 1483
1449-1492, statesman, Italian

Medici, Lorenzo di Piero de'

1449 - 1492
about 1510-1590, surgeon, French

Paré, Ambroise

1510 - 1590
1445-1510, Renaissance artist; painter, Florence, Italy

Botticelli, Sandro

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

Piombo, Sebastiano del

1485 - 1547
1530 or 1531-1596, alchemist; publisher, German?

Thurneisser, Leonhardt

1530 - 1596
active c1505-c1575, artist, French

Limousin, Leonard

1505 - 1575
c. 1471 or 1476-1541, conquistador, Spanish

Pizarro, Francisco

1476 - 1541