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

Perellos de Roccaful, Ramon

1637 - 1720
Print maker best-known for his work for the Académie des Sciences.

Le Clerc, Sebastien

1637 - 1714
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
1625-1695, natural philosopher; mathematical instrument maker; engineer; inventor; diplomat; English

Morland, Sir Samuel

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

Locke, John

1632 - 1704
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
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
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Hauksbee, Francis

1604 - 1763
1630-1685, reigned 1660-1685, king of England, Scotland, and Ireland

Charles II

1630 - 1685

Boyle, Robert

1627 - 1691

Keith, George

1639 - 1716

Lister, Martin

1639 - 1712
1638-1771, anatomist; botanist; physician, Dutch

Ruysch, Frederik

1638 - 1771
1627-1691, natural philosopher, Irish

Boyle, Robert

1627 - 1691
1628-1694, physician, Italian

Malpighi, Marcello

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

Steno, Nicolaus

1638 - 1686
1633/5-1692, artist; engraver; draughtsman, British

Loggan, David

1633 - 1692
1640-1705, Holy Roman Emperor from 1658-1705

Leopold I

1640 - 1705
1627-1705, naturalist; theologian, English

Ray, John

1627 - 1705
1625-1712, mathematician; astronomer, French

Cassini, Giovanni Domenico

1625 - 1712
1633/4-1721, artist, marine painter, Dutch

Sailmaker, Isaac

1633 - 1721
1635-1703, natural philosopher, Isle of Wight, England, English

Hooke, Robert

1635 - 1703
1639-d.1713, horologist; clock-maker; barometer maker and scientific instrument maker, England, English

Tompion, Thomas

1639 - 1713
1639-1694, scientific instrument maker, German

Hager, Michael Tobias

1639 - 1694
1632-1723, architect; mathematician; astronomer, English

Wren, Sir Christopher

1632 - 1723
1633-1701, Secretary of State, English; British

Williamson, Joseph

1633 - 1701
1866-1883, railway company, United Kingdom

Llynvi & Ogmore Railway

628 - 1883

Hedges, Nick

194
1631-current (2011), city guild, English; British

Worshipful Company of Clockmakers

1631
1626-current, medicinal garden, French

Les Jardin des Plantes

1626
founded 1640 [ongoing 2006], academic institution, French

Academie des Sciences, Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres de Toulouse

1640
1655-current, button and metal badge manufacturer, London

Firmin and Sons Limited

1638
1628-current (2015), board of control of the Royal Navy, London, England

Board of Admiralty

1628