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17th Century historical figures
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Isaac Newton
Mathematician & physicist
Louis XIV
King of France
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Blackbeard
Pirate
Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer
Rembrandt
Painter & printmaker
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John Locke
Philosopher & physician
Voltaire
Writer and philosopher
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Microbiologist
Blaise Pascal
Mathematician and philosopher
John III Sobieski
King of Poland
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