Ottoman–Venetian Wars 1396–1718

Key battles

• Siege of Negroponte (1470)
• Siege of Famagusta (1570)

Who lived through the Ottoman–Venetian Wars

Well-known people alive during 1396–1718:

• William Shakespeare (1564–1616) — English playwright and poet (1564–1616)
• Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) — Italian Renaissance polymath (1452−1519)
• Isaac Newton (1643–1727) — English mathematician and physicist (1642–1727)
• Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) — Italian polymath (1564–1642)
• Michelangelo (1475–1564) — Italian artist and architect (1475-1564)
• Johann Sebastian Bach (1685–1750) — German composer (1685–1750)
• Martin Luther (1483–1546) — German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
• Voltaire (1694–1778) — French writer, historian and philosopher (1694–1778)
• René Descartes (1596–1650) — French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (1596–1650)
• Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) — Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)
• Christopher Columbus (1451–1506) — Italian navigator, explorer, and colonist (1451–1506)
• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469–1527) — Italian diplomat and political and military theorist (1469–1527)
• Molière (1622–1673) — French playwright and actor (1622–1673)
• Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) — American polymath and statesman (1706–1790)
• Nicolaus Copernicus (1473–1543) — Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
• Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) — Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist (1707–1778)
• John Locke (1632–1704) — English philosopher and physician (1632-1704)
• Rembrandt (1606–1669) — Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) — German mathematician and philosopher (1646–1716)
• Matsuo Bashō (1644–1694) — Japanese poet (1644–1694)
• Ferdinand Magellan (1480–1521) — Portuguese explorer in the service of Spain
• Raphael (1483–1520) — Italian painter and architect (1483–1520)
• Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) — French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher (1623-1662)
• Joan of Arc (1412–1431) — French folk heroine (1412–1431), military leader who crowned Charles VII and Roman Catholic saint, canonized 500 years after her death
• Leonhard Euler (1707–1783) — Swiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer (1707–1783)

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