Time Period
Printing Era
1450 - 1699
The Printing Era took place between 1450 and 1699. This Era was preceded by the Scribal Era and followed by the Newspaper Era. The most memorable people born in this era include Luca Cambiaso, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, and Jean Goujon. The most important cities in this era, ranked by number of deaths, were Rome (194), Paris (139), and Venice (113).
People
Between 1450 and 1699, the Printing Era era was the birth place of 4,406 globally memorable people, including Luca Cambiaso, Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg, and Jean Goujon. Additionaly, 3,901 globally memorable people passed away during the Printing Era era including Pêro Vaz de Caminha, Zbigniew Oleśnicki, and Bahadur Shah of Gujarat.
People Born during the Printing Era era
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Luca Cambiaso
1527 - 1585
HPI: 61.60
Christian I, Prince of Anhalt-Bernburg
1568 - 1630
HPI: 64.35
Jean Goujon
1510 - 1572
HPI: 63.44
George, Duke of Brunswick-Calenberg
1582 - 1641
HPI: 72.50
Seonjo of Joseon
1552 - 1608
HPI: 73.50
Ernest Augustus, Elector of Brunswick-Lüneburg
1629 - 1698
HPI: 75.36
Zhang Juzheng
1525 - 1582
HPI: 63.83
Giambattista Pittoni
1687 - 1767
HPI: 67.69
Dirck Coornhert
1522 - 1590
HPI: 59.61
Giovanni Antonio Magini
1555 - 1617
HPI: 61.57
Klaus Fleming
1535 - 1597
HPI: 58.68
Bartholomaeus Pitiscus
1561 - 1613
HPI: 59.18
People Deceased during the Printing Era era
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Pêro Vaz de Caminha
1450 - 1500
HPI: 55.97
Zbigniew Oleśnicki
1389 - 1455
HPI: 58.28
Bahadur Shah of Gujarat
1505 - 1526
HPI: 51.39
John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern
1543 - 1592
HPI: 62.53
Alfonso I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara
1476 - 1534
HPI: 72.02
Germaine of Foix
1488 - 1536
HPI: 69.50
Raimondo Montecuccoli
1609 - 1680
HPI: 70.27
Ciriaco de' Pizzicolli
1391 - 1452
HPI: 67.84
Marco Basaiti
1470 - 1530
HPI: 59.46
Gabriël Metsu
1629 - 1667
HPI: 68.59
Marcus Zuerius van Boxhorn
1612 - 1653
HPI: 55.98
Adam Frans van der Meulen
1632 - 1690
HPI: 62.95
Occupations
Most individuals born in the Printing Erawere POLITICIANS (1371), PAINTERS (505), WRITERS (427), RELIGIOUS FIGURES (344), and NOBLEMEN (298), while most who died were WRITERS (380), RELIGIOUS FIGURES (324), POLITICIANS (1284), NOBLEMEN (284), and MILITARY PERSONNELS (124).
