Which Happened First?

Michael Servetus

Michael Servetus
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Michael Servetus was a Spanish theologian, physician, cartographer, and Renaissance humanist. He was the first European to correctly describe the function of pulmonary circulation, as discussed in Christianismi Restitutio (1553).

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Aloysius Liliuscirca 1510 – circa 1576
  2. Robert Recordecirca 1510 – 1558
  3. Erasmus ReinholdOctober 22, 1511 – February 19, 1553
  4. Michael Servetus (this page)September 29, 1511 – October 27, 1553
  5. Gerardus MercatorMarch 5, 1512 – December 2, 1594
  6. Daniele BarbaroFebruary 8, 1513 – April 13, 1570

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