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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
1516-1565, physician; naturalist, Swiss

Gesner, Konrad

1516 - 1565
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
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Dodoens, Rembert

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

Ortelius, Abraham

1527 - 1598
c.1532-1590, principal secretary, English; British

Walsingham, Francis

1532 - 1590
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
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606
1502-1585, pope, Italian

Gregory XIII

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

Agricola, Georg

1494 - 1555
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
1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward VI

1537 - 1553
1500-1570, medallist active in Padua, Italian

Cavino, Giovanni dal

1500 - 1570
1497-1558, physician, French

Fernel, Jean

1497 - 1558
1533-1606, master pilot; cartographer, Dutch

Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon

1533 - 1606
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

1538 - 1606
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
active c1505-c1575, artist, French

Limousin, Leonard

1505 - 1575
1542-1605, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556-1605, Persian

Akbar the Great

1542 - 1605
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
1537-1619, anatomist, Italian

ab Acquapendente, Hieronymus Fabricius

1537 - 1619
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Brahe, Tycho

1546 - 1601
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
1533-1603, reigned 1558-1603, sovereign, English

Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603
1527-1605, naturalist, Italian

Aldovandi, Ulisse

1527 - 1605
1531-1571, painter; artist; draughtsman, Italian

Manzuoli, Tommaso

1531 - 1571
about 1510-1590, surgeon, French

Paré, Ambroise

1510 - 1590
c. 1485-1547, painter; draughtsman, Italian

Piombo, Sebastiano del

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

Thurneisser, Leonhardt

1530 - 1596
1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Vopel, Caspar

1511 - 1561
1509-1564, theologian, French

Calvin, John

1509 - 1564
1491-1547, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1509-1547

Henry VIII

1491 - 1547
c. 1512-1575, physician; scholar, Dutch

Junius, Adrian

1512 - 1575
1532-1592, count of Hesse-Kassel,

Wilhelm IV

1532 - 1592
1500-1558, monarch; Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Belgian

Charles V

1500 - 1558