(Encyclopedia) Rubens, Peter Paul, 1577–1640, foremost Flemish painter of the 17th cent., b. Siegen, Westphalia, where his family had gone into exile because of his father's Calvinist beliefs.…
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Sojourner Truth These are monumental women! Because of their achievements, their likenesses have been carved in stone for all to see and remember.Who: Katharine Lee Bates, author of “America the…
(Encyclopedia) William the Silent or William of Orange (William I, prince of Orange), 1533–84, Dutch statesman, principal founder of Dutch independence.
William married four times. His first wife…
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Of the second generation of the family the most…
