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

Pascal, Blaise

1623 - 1662
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Thuret, Isaac

1630 - 1706
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Campani, Giuseppe

1635 - 1715
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
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
1620-1691, engraver, draughtsman, English

Faithorne, William

1620 - 1691
c. 1580-1660, priest; philanthropist, French

Saint Vincent de Paul

1576 - 1660
1622-1703, court mathematician; engineer, Italian

Viviani, Vincenzo

1622 - 1703
1619-1666, naval officer, English; British

Pett, Phineas

1619 - 1666
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
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
1637-1712, inventor; artist; Dutch

Heyden, Jan van der

1637 - 1712
Active 1650-1707, marine painter, Dutch

Van der Velde, Willem

1633 - 1707