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Active 1650-1707, marine painter, Dutch

Van der Velde, Willem

1633 - 1707
1630-1685, reigned 1660-1685, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Charles II

1630 - 1685
1619-1666, naval officer, English; British

Pett, Phineas

1619 - 1666
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650
1601-1666, Queen consort of France and Navarre, Spanish-born

Anne of Austria

1601 - 1666
1644-1727, bookseller; benefactor, hospital founder, English

Guy, Thomas

1644 - 1727
1592-1638, chemist; alchemist, German

Brendel, Zacharias

1592 - 1638
1650-1702, Prince of Orange; King of England, Scotland & Ireland

William III

1650 - 1702
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Pascal, Blaise

1623 - 1662
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Savery, Thomas

1650 - 1715
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Thuret, Isaac

1630 - 1706
1576-1621, colonial governor, English

Carver, John

1576 - 1621
c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Mariotte, Edmé

1620 - 1684
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Butterfield, Michael

1634 - 1724
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Huygens, Christiaan

1629 - 1695
1561-1626, philosopher; politician, English

Bacon, Francis

1561 - 1626
1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Pett, Peter

1610 - 1672
1570-1647, shipwright; shipbuilder, English; British

Pett, the elder, Phineas

1570 - 1608
1567-1984, dockyard, Chatham, Medway, Kent, England, British

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
active 1592-1598, mathematician; maker of globes, mathematical instruments & ordnance, English

Molyneux, Emery

1560 - 1506
1619-1655, dramatist and duellist, French

Cyrano de Bergerac

1619 - 1655
c. 1607-1693, clockmaker; mechanic, English

Fromanteel, Ahasuerus

1607 - 1693
1569-1662, Catholic priest; metallurgist, active in Bolivia, Spanish

Barba, Alvaro Alonso

1569 - 1662
1610-1688, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, English; British

Butler, James

1610 - 1688
1600-1675, astronomer, Belgian

Langren, Michel Van

1600 - 1675
1618-1680, artist; portrait painter; art collector, German born, Dutch parentage, active England

Lely, Sir Peter

1618 - 1680
1614-1672, natural philosopher, British

Wilkins, John

1614 - 1672

Wilkins, John

1614 - 1672

Boyle, Robert

1627 - 1691

Pettus, John

1613 - 1690

Keith, George

1639 - 1716

Lister, Martin

1639 - 1712

Barba, Alvaro Alonso

1569 - 1662

Flamsteed, John

1646 - 1719
1642-1717, physician; alchemist; statesman, German

Waitz, Jakob

1642 - 1717
1647-1706, philosopher, French

Bayle, Pierre

1647 - 1706
1597-1679, cardinal; bishop, Italian

Barberini, Cardinal Francesco

1597 - 1679
1638-1771, anatomist; botanist; physician, Dutch

Ruysch, Frederik

1638 - 1771
1611-1693, artist; painter; draughtsman, Dutch

Velde I, Willem van de

1611 - 1693
1571-1630, mathematician; astronomer, German

Kepler, Johannes

1571 - 1630
1627-1691, natural philosopher, Irish

Boyle, Robert

1627 - 1691
1608-1647, physicist; mathematician, Italian

Torricelli, Evangelista

1608 - 1647
1628-1694, physician, Italian

Malpighi, Marcello

1628 - 1694
1638-1686, pioneer in anatomy and geology, Danish

Steno, Nicolaus

1638 - 1686
1614-1673, physician; anatomist, English

Wharton, Thomas

1614 - 1673
1633/5-1692, artist; engraver; draughtsman, British

Loggan, David

1633 - 1692
1641-1682, Jesuit missionary; ascetical writer, French

Saint Claude de la Colombiere

1641 - 1682
1644-1703, engineer; engraver, British

Winstanley, Henry

1644 - 1703
1650-1722, soldier; statesman; 1st Duke of Marlborough, English

Churchill, John

1650 - 1722