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

Zeelst, Adriaan

1540 - 1623
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
1610-1676, clock maker, English

Holloway, John

1610 - 1676
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Culpeper, Nicholas

1616 - 1654
1626-1697, physician; poet, Italian

Redi, Francesco

1626 - 1697
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Huygens, Christiaan

1629 - 1695
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Kelley, Sir Edward

1555 - 1598
1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Harvey, Gideon

1636 - 1702
1639-1684, artist; painter, Dutch

Netscher, Caspar

1639 - 1684
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Leeuwenhoek, Antoni van

1632 - 1723
1618-1698, apothecary, French

Charas, Moyse

1618 - 1698
1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galilei, Galileo

1564 - 1642
1636 or 1838-1706, physician; anatomist, French, published Nouvelles tables anatomiques, 1678

Bourdon, Amé

1636 - 1706
1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651
1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689
1553-1617, historian; book collector, French

Thou, Jacques Auguste de

1553 - 1617
1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

Descartes, René

1596 - 1650
1605-1691, astronomer, French

Bouilleau, Ismael

1605 - 1691
1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius

1593 - 1661
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
1637-1720, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Spanish

Perellos de Roccaful, Ramon

1637 - 1720
1583-1634, army general, Bohemian (now Czech)

Wallenstein, General

1583 - 2500

Scamozzi, Vincenzo

1548 - 1616
active 1772, artist; painter, Netherlands

Brandt, David Menso

1606 - 1669
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Le Clerc, Sebastien

1637 - 1714
Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Elizabeth I

1533 - 1603

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984

Lipsius, Justus

1547 - 1606
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Pascal, Blaise

1623 - 1662
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Thuret, Isaac

1630 - 1706
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Greuter, Matthaus

1566 - 1638
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Campani, Giuseppe

1635 - 1715
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Blaeu, , Willem Janszoon

1571 - 1638
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

Gregory, James

1638 - 1675
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

1625 - 1695
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Tulp, Nicolaas

1593 - 1674
1632-1704, philosopher; physician, English

Locke, John

1632 - 1704
ca. 1530-1591, scientific instrument maker; die-sinker, engraver, English born, British

Cole, Humfrey

1530 - 1591
1605-1682, physician; author, English

Browne, Sir Thomas

1605 - 1682
1537-1553, king of England and Ireland, reigned 1547-1553

Edward VI

1537 - 1553
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Shibukawa, Harumi

1639 - 1715