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1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I Tudor

1533 - 1603
1531-1595, Grand Master of the Knights of the Order of St John (1581-95), French

Cardinal Hugo Loubenx de Verdala

1531 - 1595
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

1575 - 1660
1538-1606, astronomical instrument and clock maker,

Habermel, Erasmus

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

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
1526-1576, mathematician; scientific instrument maker, German

Christian Heiden

1526 - 1576
1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Anthony Van Dyck

1599 - 1641
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
1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

René Descartes

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

Abraham Ortelius

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

Cornelius Janssen van

1593 - 1661
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
1529-1604, burgomaster of Leiden during the Spanish War and the pestilence of 1553, Dutch

Petrus Adriani Werfius

1529 - 1604
c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660
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
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
1502-1585, pope, Italian

Gregory

1502 - 1585
1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Johannes Blaeu

1596 - 528
1516/1518-1585, physician; botanist; herbalist, Flemish

Rembert Dodoens

1517 - 1585

Justus Lipsius

1547 - 1606
Mr

Vincenzo Scamozzi

1548 - 1616

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1513-1869, Royal Naval Dockyard, ship-building and repairs, River Thames, England, British

Deptford Royal Dockyard

1513 - 1869
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Phineas Pett

1570 - 1608
1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, British

Charles

1600 - 1649
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Tycho Brahe

1546 - 1601
1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666
1597-1681, artist, Flemish

Justus Sustermans

1597 - 1681
1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Johannes Kepler

1571 - 1630
1512-1594, cartographer; geographer; mathematician, Belgian

Gerhard Mercator

1512 - 1594
1511-1561, cartographer; scientific instrument maker, German

Caspar Vopel

1511 - 1561