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1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
1494-1555, geologist; metallurgist, German

Georg Agricola

1494 - 1555
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de Verdala

1531 - 1595
1452-1516, king; duke, Spanish

Ferdinand II of Aragon

1452 - 1516
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

1575 - 1660
1467-1540, scholar; humanist, French

Guillaume Budé

1467 - 1540
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
1489-1564, scientific instrument maker, German

Georg Hartmann

1489 - 1564
1451-1506, mariner; explorer, Italian

Christopher Columbus

1451 - 1506
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576
1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Anthony Van Dyck

1599 - 1641
c. 1460-1509, cartographer; conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Juan de la Cosa

1460 - 1509
1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Nicolaas Tulp

1593 - 1674
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Matthaus Greuter

1566 - 1638
1516-1558, queen; monarch of England and Ireland, reigned 1533-1558

Mary

1516 - 1558
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Humfrey Cole

1530 - 1591
1493-1588, botanist; physician, Spanish

Nicolas Monardes

1493 - 1588
1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

René Descartes

1596 - 1650
1527-1598, cartographer; geographer, Flemish

Abraham Ortelius

1527 - 1598
1500-1570, medallist active in Padua, Italian

Giovanni dal Cavino

1500 - 1570
c. 1499-c. 1546, artist, Dutch

Jan Steven van Calcar

1499 - 1546
1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Cornelius Janssen van

1593 - 1661
1462-1536, physician, Italian

Giovanni Manardi

1462 - 1536
1452-1519, polymath; painter; draughtsman; sculptor; architect; engineer; inventor (etc.), Italian

Leonardo Da Vinci

1452 - 1519
1507-1568, printer; linguist, Swiss

Johannes Oporinus

1507 - 1568
1553-1617, historian; book collector, French

Jacques Auguste de Thou

1553 - 1617
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Apollonius Menabenus

1551 - 1661
1485-1547, conquistador; explorer, Spanish

Hernando Cortes

1485 - 1547
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
c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660
1480-1562, knight, German

Götz von Berlichingen

1480 - 1562
1483-1533, writer, French

François Rabelais

1483 - 1533
1497-1558, physician, French

Jean Fernel

1497 - 1558
1576-1621, colonial governor, English

John Carver

1576 - 1621
1583-1634, army general, Bohemian (now Czech)

General Wallenstein

1583 - 2500
1599-1667, pope, Italian

Alexander VII

1599 - 1655
1493-1541, alchemist; physician; astrologer; general occultist, Swiss

Paracelsus

1493 - 1541
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1571 - 1638
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Edward Kelley

1555 - 1598
1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward

1537 - 1553
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1592-1638, chemist; alchemist, German

Zacharias Brendel

1592 - 1638
c.1532-1590, principal secretary, English; British

Francis Walsingham

1532 - 1590
1516-1565, physician; naturalist, Swiss

Konrad Gesner

1516 - 1565
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer

1533 - 1606