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•  Francis van Aarssens

  Baron Francis van Aarssens or Baron François van Aerssen (27 September 1572, Brussels - 27 December 1641, The Hague), from 1611 on lord of Sommelsdijk, was a diplomat and statesman of the United Provinces. He was son of Cornelis van Aarsens, also a statesman. His talents commended him to the notice of Advocate Johan van Oldenbarnevelt, who sent him, at the age of 26 years, as a diplomatic agent of the states-general to the court of France.

  

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•  John Donne

  John Donne, pronounced /ˈdʌn/ "dun" (21 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English Jacobean poet, preacher and a major representative of the metaphysical poets of the period. His works are notable for their realistic and sensual style and include sonnets, love poetry, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs, satires and sermons. His poetry is noted for its vibrancy of language and inventiveness of metaphor, especially as compared to those of his contemporaries.

  

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•  Johann Bayer

  Johann Bayer (1572 – March 7, 1625) was a German lawyer and uranographer. He was born in Rain, Bavaria in 1572. He began his study of philosophy in Ingolstadt in 1592, and moved later to Augsburg to begin work as a lawyer. He grew interested in astronomy during his time in Augsburg. He ultimately became legal advisor to the Augsburg city council in 1612 and died in 1625.

  

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•  John Sigismund, Elector of Brandenburg

  John Sigismund was a Prince-elector of the Margraviate of Brandenburg from the House of Hohenzollern. He also served as a Duke of Prussia. John Sigismund was born in Halle an der Saale to Joachim Frederick, Elector of Brandenburg, and his first wife Catherine, Princess of Brandenburg-Küstrin. He succeeded his father as Margrave of Brandenburg in 1608. He gave the Reichshof Castrop to his teacher and educator Carl Friedrich von Bordelius.

  

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•  Sigismund Báthory

  Sigismund Báthory (1572 - March 27, 1613) (Báthory Zsigmond in Hungarian) was Prince of Transylvania.

  

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•  Ben Jonson

  Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English Renaissance dramatist, poet and actor. A contemporary of William Shakespeare, he is best known for his satirical plays, particularly Volpone, The Alchemist, and ', which are considered his best, and his lyric poems. A man of vast reading and a seemingly insatiable appetite for controversy, Jonson had an unparalleled breadth of influence on Jacobean and Caroline playwrights and poets.

  

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•  Emperor Go-Yōzei

  Emperor Go-Yōzei (後陽成天皇 Go-Yōzei-tennō) (December 31, 1572 - September 25, 1617) was the 107th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. He reigned from December 17, 1586 to May 9, 1611, corresponding to the transition between the Azuchi-Momoyama period and the Edo period. This 16th century sovereign was named after the 9th century Emperor Yōzei and go- (後), translates literally as "later;" and thus, he could be called the "Later Emperor Yōzei".

  

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•  Patriarch Cyril of Constantinople

  Kyrillos Loukaris or Cyril Lucaris (1572–June 1638; Greek Κύριλλος Λούκαρις or Λούκαρης) was a Greek prelate and theologian, and a native of Candia, Crete (then under the Republic of Venice). He later became the Greek Patriarch of Alexandria as Cyril III and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople as Cyril I. Loukaris strove for a reform of Orthodoxy along Protestant and Calvinist lines but was opposed both from within his own communion and by the Jesuits.

  

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•  Bartholomew Gosnold

  Bartholomew Gosnold (1572–August 22, 1607) was an English lawyer, explorer, and privateer, instrumental in founding the Virginia Company of London, and Jamestown, Virginia. He is considered by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (APVA) to be the "prime mover of the colonization of Virginia. " Gosnold also led the first recorded European expedition to visit Cape Cod, on May 15, 1602.

  

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•  Fakhr-al-Din II

  Emir Fakhr-al-Din Beg ibn Maan (1572–April 13, 1635) was the son of Emir Qorqmaz ibn Maan and Sit Nasab, of the Tanukhi family.

  

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• 1663 deaths by likeorhate
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•  8th arrondissement of Paris

  The 8th arrondissement of Paris is one of the 20 arrondissements (administrative districts) of the capital city of France. Situated on the right bank of the River Seine and centred on the Opéra, the 8th is, together with the 2nd and 9th arrondissements, one of Paris's main business districts. According to the 1999 census, it was the place of employment of more people than any other single arrondissement of the capital.

  

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•  Fort Slocum (New York)

  Fort Slocum, New York was a US military base occupying Davids Island and Hart Island at the western end of Long Island Sound. The fort was named for Major General Henry W. Slocum, a Union corps commander in the American Civil War.

  

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•  La Encantadora

  La Encantadora, known simply as Encantadora or by her real name Lourdes Lucero, is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe. Her first appearance was in Secret Origins of Super-Villains 80-Page Giant #1/4, released in December 1999. She was originally created to be a femme fatale enemy for Superman to confront and was mentioned as being very skilled at using magic.

  

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•  Flag of Corsica

  The Flag of Corsica was adopted by General of the Nation Pasquale di Paoli in 1755 and was based on a traditional flag used previously. It portrays a Moor's Head in black wearing a white bandana above his eyes on a white background. Previously, the bandana covered his eyes; Paoli wanted the bandana moved to above the eyes to symbolise the liberation of the Corsican people.

  

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•  Academic Ranking of World Universities, 2005

  

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