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1611-1693, artist; painter; draughtsman, Dutch

Willem van de Velde

1611 - 1693
1637-1712, inventor; artist; Dutch

Jan van der Heyden

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

Willem Van der Velde

1633 - 1707
1650-1702, Prince of Orange; King of England, Scotland & Ireland

William III

1650 - 1702
1638-1715, King of France, known as the Sun King

Louis XIV

1638 - 1715
1623-1662, mathematician; physicist; religious philosopher, French

Blaise Pascal

1623 - 1662
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
1630?-1706, horologist, French

Isaac Thuret

1630 - 1706
c1613-1904,

New River Company, The

1619 - 1904
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Sebastien Le

1637 - 1714
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650
1629-1693, mathematician; astronomer; physicist, Dutch

Christiaan Huygens

1629 - 1695
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1616-1654, physician; astrologer; apothecary, British

Nicholas Culpeper

1616 - 1654
1626-1697, physician; poet, Italian

Francesco Redi

1626 - 1697
1634/5-1724, sundial maker; mathematical, optical & scientific instrument maker, England & Paris, France

Michael Butterfield

1634 - 1724
1636 or 1637-1702, physician; writer, Dutch

Gideon Harvey

1636 - 1702
c. 1620-1684, physicist; plant physiologist; priest, French

Edmé Mariotte

1620 - 1684
1620-1691, engraver, draughtsman, English

William Faithorne

1620 - 1691
1637-1651, warship, English

HMS Sovereign of the Seas

1637 - 1651
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Samuel Morland

1625 - 1695
1632-1704, philosopher; physician, English

John Locke

1632 - 1704
1647-1730, politician; statesman, English

Daniel Finch

1647 - 1730
1639-1684, artist; painter, Dutch

Caspar Netscher

1639 - 1684
1639-1715, astronomer; cartographer, Japanese

Harumi Shibukawa

1639 - 1715
1622-1703, court mathematician; engineer, Italian

Vincenzo Viviani

1622 - 1703
1650-1909, wholesale chemist; druggist, London, England

Hearon, Squire and Francis Limited

1650 - 1909
1618-1707, also known as Alamgir I, ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658-1707

Mogul Emperor Aurangzeb

1618 - 1707
1610-1676, clock maker, English

John Holloway

1610 - 1676
1649-1713, anatomist, Dutch

Govert Bidloo

1649 - 1713
1633-1703, naval official; diarist, British; English

Samuel Pepys

1633 - 1703
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724
1638-1675, mathematician; inventor of the reflecting telescope, Scottish

James Gregory

1638 - 1675
1637-1720, Grand Master of the Knights Hospitallers, Spanish

Ramon Perellos de

1637 - 1720
1644-1727, bookseller; benefactor, hospital founder, English

Thomas Guy

1644 - 1727
1630-1685, reigned 1660-1685, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Charles

1630 - 1685
1635-1715, optician (lens maker) and astronomer, Italian

Giuseppe Campani

1635 - 1715
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
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
1636 or 1838-1706, physician; anatomist, French, published Nouvelles tables anatomiques, 1678

Amé Bourdon

1636 - 1706
1624-1689, physician, English

Thomas Sydenham

1624 - 1689
1632-1723, merchant; scientist and microscope maker, Dutch

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

1632 - 1723
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 - 1716
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Antoine-Jean Morand

1640 - 1682
active 1663, clock-maker, England?

Samuel Knibb

1625 - 1674
1610-1672, master shipwright, British; English

Peter Pett

1610 - 1672
1640-1705, Holy Roman Emperor from 1658-1705

Leopold I

1640 - 1705
1647-1706, philosopher, French

Pierre Bayle

1647 - 1706