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1580-xxxx William White* Mayflower passenger/father of the first English child born in America (onboard the Mayflower) – England (1621/c.40)
1580-xxxx Edward Wightman* the last person to be burned at the stake in England for heresy – Hinckley, Leicestershire, England (1612/c.31)
1580-0112 Jan Baptist van Helmont* chemist/ physiologist/physician  – Brussels, Spanish Netherlands (1644/64)

1583 Individual post

1585-0909 Cardinal Richelieu* (b Armand Jean du Plessis) clergyman/ statesman – Paris, Kingdom of France (1642/57)

1587-1117 Louis De Geer* Dutch entrepreneur/industrialist – Liège, Belgium (1652/64)

1592-xxxx Susanna White* (b Jackson) Mayflower passenger/mother of the first known English child born to the Pilgrims in America, onboard the Mayflower – England (after 1654)

1594-0615 Nicolas Poussin* painter – Les Andelys, Normandy, Kingdom of France (1665/71)
1594-1209 Gustav II Adolf* King of Sweden – Stockholm, Sweden (37)

1596-xxxx Pocahontas (b Matoaka) daughter of chief Powhatan/married to John Rolfe  – Werowocomoco (in present day Virginia) (1617/c.21)
1596-0331 René Descartes* philosopher/scientist – Indre-et-Loire, France (1650/53)
1596-1203 Nicola Amati* master luthier – Cremona, Italy (1684/87)

1599-0425 Oliver Cromwell* military/political leader – Huntingdon, Kingdom of England (1658/59)

1599-0606 Diego Velázquez*(B) painter – Seville, Spain (1660/61)