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

Zeelst, Adriaan

1540 - 1623
1516-1558, queen; monarch of England and Ireland, reigned 1533-1558

Mary I

1516 - 1558
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Verdala, Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de

1531 - 1595
1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

1575 - 1660
1516-1565, physician; naturalist, Swiss

Gesner, Konrad

1516 - 1565
ca. 1422-1491, printer; merchant; diplomat, English

Caxton, William

1422 - 1491
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Kelley, Sir Edward

1555 - 1598
1432-1481, sultan of Ottoman empire, Turkish

Mehmed II

1432 - 1481
1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642
1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Hartmann, Georg

1489 - 1564
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Heiden, Christian

1526 - 1576
1553-1617, historian; book collector, French

Thou, Jacques Auguste de

1553 - 1617
1452-1516, king; duke, Spanish

Ferdinand II of Aragon

1452 - 1516
1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

Descartes, René

1596 - 1650
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Dodoens, Rembert

1517 - 1585
1527-1598, cartographer; geographer, Flemish

Ortelius, Abraham

1527 - 1598
1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius

1593 - 1661
1462-1536, physician, Italian

Manardi, Giovanni

1462 - 1536
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Menabenus, Apollonius

1551 - 1661
1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Blaeu, Johannes

1596 - 528
1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Van Dyck, Anthony

1599 - 1641
c.1532-1590, principal secretary, English; British

Walsingham, Francis

1532 - 1590
1599-1667, pope, Italian

Alexander VII

1599 - 1655
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
1583-1634, army general, Bohemian (now Czech)

Wallenstein, General

1583 - 2500
1480-1562, knight, German

Berlichingen, Götz von

1480 - 1562

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

1548 - 1616
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606
1502-1585, pope, Italian

Gregory XIII

1502 - 1585
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Agricola, Georg

1494 - 1555
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Greuter, Matthaus

1566 - 1638
1467-1540, scholar; humanist, French

Budé, Guillaume

1467 - 1540
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Blaeu, , Willem Janszoon

1571 - 1638
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
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
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Tulp, Nicolaas

1593 - 1674
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
1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward VI

1537 - 1553
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