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1649-1713, anatomist, Dutch

Bidloo, Govert

1649 - 1713
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Papin, Denis

1647
1575-1660, mathematician, English

Oughtred, William

1575 - 1660
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm

1646 - 1716
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
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
1650-1909, wholesale chemist; druggist, London, England

Hearon, Squire and Francis Limited

1650 - 1909
1624-1689, physician, English

Sydenham, Thomas

1624 - 1689
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
1596-1673, mapmaker, Netherlands

Blaeu, Johannes

1596 - 528
1599-1641, artist, Belgian

Van Dyck, Anthony

1599 - 1641
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
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

Chatham Dockyard

1567 - 1984
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
1566-1638, globemaker; draughtsman; engraver, German

Greuter, Matthaus

1566 - 1638
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Quare, Daniel

1648 - 1724
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Campani, Giuseppe

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

Blaeu, , Willem Janszoon

1571 - 1638
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Dover, Thomas

1660 - 1704
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

Gregory, James

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

Gunter, Edmund

1581 - 1626
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
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
1647-1730, politician; statesman, English

Finch, Daniel

1647 - 1730
1605-1682, physician; author, English

Browne, Sir Thomas

1605 - 1682
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Shibukawa, Harumi

1639 - 1715
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Morand, Antoine-Jean

1640 - 1682
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Pepys, Samuel

1633 - 1703