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

William III

1650 - 1702
1650?-1715, engineer, English

Thomas Savery

1650 - 1715
1671-1744, clock maker; sundial maker, Austrian

Franz Antoni Knittl

1671 - 1744
1676-1763, medallist, Swiss

Jean Dassier

1676 - 1763
active c1650 - c.1950, printers, London

Smith & Ebbs.

1650
1660-1969, telecommunications company, Britain

General Post Office

1660 - 1969
1677-1750, mathematician; astronomer; cartographer, German

Johan Gabriel Doppelmayr

1677 - 1750
1670-1715, artist, Swiss

Johann Rudolf Schmutz

1670 - 1715
1647-1712?, physicist; natural philosopher, French

Denis Papin

1647
1678-1752 or 1753, artist; portrait painter, Swedish, active 1700 - London

Hans Hysing

1678 - 1752
1661-1749, catholic priest; canon, French

Jean Godinot

1661 - 1749
1647-1730, politician; statesman, English

Daniel Finch

1647 - 1730
1665-1714, monarch, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland

Anne

1665 - 1714
1679-1710, chemist, German

Gottfried Rothe

1679 - 1710
1650-1909, wholesale chemist; druggist, London, England

Hearon, Squire and Francis Limited

1650 - 1909
1662-1744, German

Johann George Volckamer

1662 - 1744
1672-1755, astronomer; mathematician, British; English

James Hodgson

1672 - 1755
1669-1734, 1st Baron King, Lord Chancellor, English

Peter King

1669 - 1734
1667-1745, writer and dean of St Patrick's Cathedarl, Dublin, Irish

Jonathan Swift

1667 - 1745
1663-1733, naval commander (admiral), British

George Byng

1663 - 1733
1672-1733, scholar, Swiss

Johann Jakob Scheuchzer

1672 - 1733
1649-1713, anatomist, Dutch

Govert Bidloo

1649 - 1713
1648/9-1724, clock and watchmaker; barometer maker, English; British

Daniel Quare

1648 - 1724
1644-1727, bookseller; benefactor, hospital founder, English

Thomas Guy

1644 - 1727
1669-1760, anatomist, active Paris, Danish-born; French

Jacques Benigne Winslow

1669 - 1760
1660-1742, physician; privateer, English

Thomas Dover

1660 - 1704
1668-1751, philanthropist; sea captain, English

Thomas Coram

1668 - 1751
1688-1763, mathematical instrument maker; science lecturer, British; English

Francis Hauksbee

1604 - 1763
1660-1713, natural philosopher; scientific instrument maker, English

Francis Hauksbee

1660 - 1713
1668-1707, doctor; medical researcher; anatomist; pathologist; physician, Croatian-born Armenian

Giorgio Baglivi

1668 - 1707
1646-1716, mathematician; philospher, German

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

1646 - 1716
1677-1740, medallist, active Nuremburg, German

Georg Wilhelm Vestner

1677 - 1740
1668-1749, shipbuilder, English?; British

Acworth, Sir Jacob

1668 - 1749
1661-1737, physician, French

Philippe Hecquet

1661 - 1737
d. 1682, physician; Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, Paris; French

Antoine-Jean Morand

1640 - 1682
Captain

John Perry

1669 - 1702
1640-1705, Holy Roman Emperor from 1658-1705

Leopold I

1640 - 1705
1647-1706, philosopher, French

Pierre Bayle

1647 - 1706
1660-1742, physician, German

Friedrich Hoffmann

1660 - 1742
1660-1694, patron, duke, Italian

Francesco II d'Este

1660 - 1694
1660-1713, engraver; etcher, printmaker, German; Dutch

Pieter Schenk

1660 - 1713
1650-1730, physician; surgeon, Belgian

Jan Palfyn

1650 - 1730
1652-1743, engraver; portraitist; mezzotinter, British

John Smith

1652 - 1743
c. 1680-1751, portrait painter; artist, British

Thomas Gibson

1680 - 1751
ca. 1666-1719, writer; science lecturer, English

John Harris

1666 - 1719
1654/8-1738, artist; engraver; medallist, French

Ferdinand de Saint Urbain

1658 - 1738
bap. 1678, d. 1740, publisher; map maker; globe maker, English

John Senex

1678 - 1740
1677-1761, natural philosopher, English

Stephen Hales

1677 - 1761
1658-1766, perfume designer; perfume maker, Italian

Johann Maria Farina

1658 - 1766
1674-1727, physicist; scientist; mathematician, German

Jacob Leupold

1674 - 1727