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1578-1657, physician; discoverer of the circulation of the blood, English

Harvey, William

1578 - 1657
1564-1642, astronomer; mathematician, Italian

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1561-1636, physician; physiologist, Italian

Santorio Santorio

1561 - 1636
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

1600 - 1874
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
active 1540-current (2008), society of barber surgeons, London

The Company of Barber-Surgeons

1540
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653
1546-1601, astronomer, Danish

Tycho Brahe

1546 - 1601
1588-1660, physician; antiquary; archaeologist, French

Jean-Jacques Chifflet

1588 - 1660
c. 1540-c. 1623, scientific instrument maker; engraver; mathematician, Dutch

Adriaan Zeelst

1540 - 1623
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626

Justus Lipsius

1547 - 1606
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Johannes Kepler

1571 - 1630

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1600-1947, military medical service, India

Indian Medical Service

1600 - 1947
1592-1666, Mughal Emperor of India from 1628-1658

Shah Jahan

1592 - 1666
1552-1622, astronomer; cartographer; clergyman, Dutch

Petrus Plancius

1552 - 1622
1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, British

Charles

1600 - 1649
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

1575 - 1660
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Phineas Pett

1570 - 1608
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Matthaus Greuter

1566 - 1638
1555-1597/8, alchemist, English

Edward Kelley

1555 - 1598
1550-1617, mathematician, Scottish

John Napier

1550 - 1617
1572-1638, publisher, printer, Exeter, England, English

William Stansby

1572 - 1609
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Antoine Morand

1600 - 1682
1551-1661(?), physician, Italian

Apollonius Menabenus

1551 - 1661
active 1592-1598, mathematician; maker of globes, mathematical instruments & ordnance, English

Emery Molyneux

1560 - 1506
1577-1640, artist, German-born, Flemish; Belgian

Peter Paul Rubens

1577 - 1640
1577-1644, chemist; physiologist; physician, Belgian

Jean Baptiste van Helmont

1577 - 1644

Alvaro Alonso Barba

1569 - 1601
1593-1661, artist; painter, English

Cornelius Janssen van

1593 - 1661
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1571 - 1638
1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Johannes Blaeu

1596 - 528
1597-1681, artist, Flemish

Justus Sustermans

1597 - 1681
1597-1679, cardinal; bishop, Italian

Francesco Barberini

1597 - 1679
1600-1675, astronomer, Belgian

Michel Van Langren

1600 - 1675
1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Nicolaas Tulp

1593 - 1674
1592-1638, chemist; alchemist, German

Zacharias Brendel

1592 - 1638
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Vincenzo Scamozzi

1548 - 1616
1549-1610, missionary of the Order of Friars Minor, saint, Andalusia, Spain, Spanish

Francis

1549 - 1610
c.1545-1612, herbalist, English

John Gerard

1545 - 1612
1599-1667, pope, Italian

Alexander VII

1599 - 1655
1542-1605, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1556-1605, Persian

Akbar

1542 - 1605
1553-1617, historian; book collector, French

Jacques Auguste de Thou

1553 - 1617
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
1557-1619, Holy Roman Emperor, 1612-1619

Matthias

1557 - 1619
1569-1662, Catholic priest; metallurgist, active in Bolivia, Spanish

Alvaro Alonso Barba

1569 - 1662