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1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Phineas Pett

1570 - 1608
1611-1693, artist; painter; draughtsman, Dutch

Willem van de Velde

1611 - 1693
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Francis Bacon

1561 - 1626
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
1575-1660, mathematician, English

William Oughtred

1575 - 1660
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Edmé Mariotte

1620 - 1684
1581-1626, mathematician, Welsh; English

Edmund Gunter

1581 - 1626
1620-1691, engraver, draughtsman, English

William Faithorne

1620 - 1691
1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Anthony Van Dyck

1599 - 1641
1601-1666, Queen consort of France and Navarre, Spanish-born

Anne of Austria

1601 - 1666
1593-1674, physicist, Dutch

Nicolaas Tulp

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

Matthaus Greuter

1566 - 1638
1596-1650, philosopher; mathematician, French

René Descartes

1596 - 1650
1605-1691, astronomer, French

Ismael Bouilleau

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

Cornelius Janssen van

1593 - 1661
1605-1682, physician; author, English

Thomas Browne

1605 - 1682
c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660
1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707
active 1772, artist; painter, Netherlands

David Menso Brandt

1606 - 1669
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
1610-1676, clock maker, English

John Holloway

1610 - 1676
1571-1638, cartographer; printer, Dutch

Willem Janszoon Blaeu

1571 - 1638
1600-1874, trading company; based in United Kingdom; global trade

East India Company

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

Galileo Galilei

1564 - 1642
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
1592-1638, chemist; alchemist, German

Zacharias Brendel

1592 - 1638
1618-1698, apothecary, French

Moyse Charas

1618 - 1698
1619-1682, inventor; Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria, German Prince active in England

Rupert

1619 - 1682
1619-1666, naval officer, English; British

Phineas Pett

1619 - 1666
1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Johannes Blaeu

1596 - 528
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Peter Pett

1610 - 1672

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
1600-1649, reigned 1625-1649, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland, British

Charles

1600 - 1649
1616-1677, painter; printmaker, Dutch

Thomas Wyck

1616 - 1677
1588-1653, mathematical instrument maker, sundial maker, London, England, English

Elias Allen

1588 - 1653
1612/1613-1682, engraver, active England, French

Pierre Lombart

1612 - 1682
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
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Evangelista Torricelli

1608 - 1647
1611-1687, astronomer, German; Polish?

Johannes Hevelius

1611 - 1687
1602-1686, physicist; engineer; natural philosopher, Prussian; German

Otto von Guericke

1602 - 1686
1607-1678, etcher, active London from 1636-1644, 1651-, Bohemian

Wenceslaus Hollar

1607 - 1678
1621-1675, physician; natural philosopher, English

Thomas Willis

1621 - 1675
1572-1638, publisher, printer, Exeter, England, English

William Stansby

1572 - 1609
1606-1649, son of Galileo, especially gifted in poetry, music, and mechanics, Italian

Vincenzo Galilei

1606 - 1649