Around this moment

• 1601
• Age of Exploration
• Royalty
• First Roman residencePeter Paul Rubens
• Counsel at the Essex treason trialFrancis Bacon
• Baptism at the Church of St. PeterDiego Velázquez1 year apart
• Student at Magdalen HallThomas Hobbes2 years apart
• Baptized at Saint GeorgeRené Descartes4 years apart
• Birth in LeidenRembrandt5 years apart
• Birth on Bread StreetJohn Milton7 years apart
• Meeting Tycho Brahe at Benátky nad JizerouJohannes Keplerthe same years
• Suleiman the Magnificent