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Jean Delcour

Jean Delcour

Belgium

1627 – 1707 (80 years old)

The undisputed master of Walloon Baroque sculpture, celebrated as 'the Bernini of Liège' for his dynamic religious marbles, ornate fountains, and the iconic Three Graces atop the Liège Perron.

Hamoir (Liège), Belgium

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Dona Beatriz Kimpa Vita

Kimpa Vita (Nganga Marinda)

Congo

c. 1684 CE – 2 July 1706 (~22 years old)

Young Congolese noblewoman and spiritual prophetess who founded the Antonian movement. Preached that Christ and the Apostles were born in Kongo, advocated for national reunification against civil war, and was burned at the stake.

Evolulu, Angola

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Michaelina Wautier

Michaelina Wautier / Woutiers

Belgium

1604 – 1689 (85 years old)

Extraordinary Flemish Baroque painter whose monumental masterpiece The Triumph of Bacchus demonstrated command over large-scale historical and mythological genres rarely permitted to women of her era.

Brussels, Belgium

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Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji (Hind Di Chadar)

ਗੁਰੂ ਤੇਗ਼ ਬਹਾਦੁਰ

India

1 April 1621 – 11 November 1675 (54 years old)

Ninth Sikh Guru who laid down his life in Delhi to protect the religious freedom of Kashmiri Hindus facing forced conversion. Revered across civilizations as "Hind Di Chadar" (The Shield of India and Humanity).

Chandni Chowk (Delhi), India

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Theodoor van Loon

Theodoor van Loon

Germany

c. 1581 – c. 1667 (86 years old)

Prominent Flemish Baroque painter whose Italian Caravaggesque style and dramatic chiaroscuro made him a leading artist for Archdukes Albert and Isabella at the Basilica of Scherpenheuvel.

Maastricht, Netherlands

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Guru Har Krishan Ji (Eighth Sikh Guru & The Child Healer)

ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਕ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਨ ਜੀ

India

1656 – 1664 (7 years old)

Ascending to the Guruship at the tender age of five, Guru Har Krishan possessed astonishing spiritual wisdom and divine compassion; during a lethal smallpox epidemic in Delhi, he personally cared for the dying until contracting the disease himself at age seven.

New Delhi, India

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Guru Har Rai Ji (Seventh Sikh Guru & Healer of Creation)

ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿ ਰਾਇ ਜੀ

India

1630 – 1661 (31 years old)

The seventh Sikh Guru maintained a cavalry of 2,200 soldiers to ensure peace without ever fighting a single offensive war; he established the subcontinent's most advanced botanical gardens and free hospitals, even curing the dying Mughal prince Dara Shikoh.

Kiratpur Sahib, India

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Clara Peeters

Clara Peeters

Belgium

c. 1594 – c. 1657 (63 years old)

Trailblazing Flemish woman painter who pioneered the ontbijtjes (breakfast pieces) still-life genre, famed for luminous metal reflections that frequently included miniature self-portraits.

Antwerp, Belgium

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Guru Hargobind Ji (Sixth Sikh Guru & Master of Miri-Piri)

ਗੁਰੂ ਹਰਿਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਜੀ

India

1595 – 1644 (48 years old)

Son of the martyred Guru Arjan, Guru Hargobind transformed the Sikh community by introducing the doctrine of Miri-Piri (temporal sovereignty and spiritual power), wearing two swords, raising the Akal Takht, and liberating fifty-two kings from Gwalior Fort.

Kiratpur Sahib, India

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Jerome Duquesnoy the Elder

Jérôme Duquesnoy l'Ancien / Hiëronymus Duquesnoy de Oude

Belgium

c. 1570 – 1641 (71 years old)

Flemish sculptor and court artist to Archdukes Albert and Isabella who cast Brussels' most iconic and beloved civic monument, the bronze Manneken Pis fountain, in 1619.

Brussels, Belgium

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Cornelius Jansen

Cornelius Jansen

Netherlands

1585 – 1638 (52 years old)

Influential Flemish-Dutch Catholic theologian and Bishop of Ypres whose monumental posthumous treatise Augustinus ignited the Jansenist theological and political controversy across seventeenth-century Europe.

Ypres, Belgium

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Wenceslaus Cobergher

Wenceslaus Cobergher

Belgium

c. 1560 – 1634 (74 years old)

Brilliant Renaissance polymath who served as chief court architect and financial administrator to Archdukes Albert and Isabella, designing the Basilica of Scherpenheuvel and draining the Moëres marshlands.

Brussels, Belgium

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Giambologna

Jean de Boulogne / Giovanni da Bologna

France

1529 – 1608 (79 years old)

Flemish-born sculpting titan who relocated to Medici Florence, creating iconic masterpieces including Flying Mercury and The Rape of the Sabine Women, defining the dynamic figura serpentinata of Mannerism.

Florence, Italy

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Guru Arjan Dev Ji (Fifth Sikh Guru)

ਗੁਰੂ ਅਰਜਨ ਦੇਵ

India

15 April 1563 – 30 May 1606 (43 years old)

Fifth Sikh Guru who designed and constructed the Harmandir Sahib (Golden Temple) in Amritsar with four doors welcoming all directions. Compiled the sacred Adi Granth and was martyred on burning sand for refusing to compromise religious truth.

Lahore, Pakistan

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Sidi M'hamed Ben Aouda

سيدي امحمد بن عودة

Algeria

1515 – 1605 (90 years old)

16th-century Sufi master and tribal arbiter whose annual 'Waada' festival in Relizane attracts tens of thousands for equestrian fantasia and communal brotherhood.

Sidi M'Hamed Ben Aouda (Relizane), Algeria

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Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle

Antoine Perrenot de Granvelle

France

1517 – 1586 (69 years old)

Powerful cardinal and minister of state who served Emperor Charles V and King Philip II, becoming the first Archbishop of Mechelen and Primate of the Netherlands during the turbulent eve of the Dutch Revolt.

Besançon, France

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Guru Ram Das Ji (Fourth Sikh Guru & Founder of Amritsar)

ਗੁਰੂ ਰਾਮ ਦਾਸ ਜੀ

Pakistan

1534 – 1581 (46 years old)

Born as an impoverished orphan selling boiled chickpeas in Lahore, Bhai Jetha rose through immaculate humility to become Guru Ram Das; he founded the holy city of Amritsar (Ramdaspur) and composed the four sacred stanzas of the Sikh marriage covenant.

Goindwal Sahib, India

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Alexander Utendal

Alexander Utendal

Belgium

c. 1530 – 1581 (51 years old)

Flemish Renaissance composer and Kapellmeister to Archduke Ferdinand II of Austria at Innsbruck, celebrated for expressive penitential psalms and innovative contrapuntal motets.

Innsbruck, Austria

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