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

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1514-1564, anatomist; physician, Belgian

Andreas Vesalius

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

John Dee

1527 - 1609
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
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Humfrey Cole

1530 - 1591
c. 1412-1431, saint, French

Jeanne d'Arc

1412 - 1491
1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Caspar Vopel

1511 - 1561
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Rembert Dodoens

1517 - 1585
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576
c. 1499-c. 1546, artist, Dutch

Jan Steven van Calcar

1499 - 1546
1473-1543, mathematician; astronomer, Polish

Nicolaus Copernicus

1473 - 1543
c. 1478-1553, physician; scholar; poet; astronomer; geologist, Italian

Fracastorius

1478 - 1553
active 1487-1550, astronomer; scientific instrument maker, German

Nicolaus Kratzer

1486 - 1550
1525-1606/8, mathematical & scientific instrument maker, France

Philippe Danfrie

1525 - 1608
1491-1547, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1509-1547

Henry VII

1491 - 1547
1493-1588, botanist; physician, Spanish

Nicolas Monardes

1493 - 1588
1507-1568, printer; linguist, Swiss

Johannes Oporinus

1507 - 1568
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Georg Agricola

1494 - 1555
ca. 1422-1491, printer; merchant; diplomat, English

William Caxton

1422 - 1491
1512-1594, cartographer; geographer; mathematician, Belgian

Gerhard Mercator

1512 - 1594
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
1527-1605, naturalist, Italian

Ulisse Aldovandi

1527 - 1605
1452-1516, king; duke, Spanish

Ferdinand II of Aragon

1452 - 1516
1530 or 1531-1596, alchemist; publisher, German?

Leonhardt Thurneisser

1530 - 1596
1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Georg Hartmann

1489 - 1564
1462-1536, physician, Italian

Giovanni Manardi

1462 - 1536
1485-1547, conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Hernando Cortes

1485 - 1547
1497-1558, physician, French

Jean Fernel

1497 - 1558
1497 or 1498-1543, artist, German

Hans Holbein

1497 - 1543
c. 1500-1585, active from 1529 in Spain, clock maker; engineer, mathematician, of Cremona, Italian?

Juanelo Torriano

1500 - 1585
1516-1558, queen; monarch of England and Ireland, reigned 1533-1558

Mary

1516 - 1558
c. 1524-1580, explorer; poet, Portuguese

Luiz de Camoes

1524 - 1580
c. 1471 or 1476-1541, conquistador, Spanish

Francisco Pizarro

1476 - 1541
1451-1504, monarch; queen, Spanish

Isabella I of Castile

1451 - 1504
1451-1506, mariner; explorer, Italian

Christopher Columbus

1451 - 1506
c. 1460-1509, cartographer; conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Juan de la Cosa

1460 - 1509
1529-1604, burgomaster of Leiden during the Spanish War and the pestilence of 1553, Dutch

Petrus Adriani Werfius

1529 - 1604
1457-1509, king of England and lord of Ireland, reigned 1485-1509

Henry VII Tudor

1457 - 1509
King of England

Edward

1442 - 1483
1449-1492, statesman, Italian

Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici

1449 - 1492
1495-current [2013], naval dockyard, English; British

Portsmouth Dockyard

1495
1516-1565, physician; naturalist, Swiss

Konrad Gesner

1516 - 1565
1457-1482, duchess of Burgundy

Mary

1457 - 1482
c. 1437-1492, Queen consort of Edward IV, King of England

Elizabeth Woodville

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

Jean Parisot de la Valette

1494 - 1568
active c1505-c1575, artist, French

Leonard Limousin

1505 - 1575