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#OTD 1466 Second Peace of Thorn (Toruń) was signed between Polish King Casimir IV Jagiellon and the Teutonic Knights, thus ending the Thirteen Years' War (1454–1466) with a Prussian–Polish victory. #History #OnThisDay #art
Painting by Marian Jaroczyńsk (1873)
#OTD 1563 Jodocus Hondius the Elder, Flemish engraver, cartographer and important figure of the Golden Age of Dutch/Netherlandish cartography) was born in Wakken. #History #OnThisDay
Leo Belgicus (1611) (L)
#OnThisDay 1531 Huldrych/Ulrich Zwingli, leader of the Reformation in Switzerland & founder of the Zwinglian movement, died during the second of war of Kappel (1531 between Protestant & Roman Catholic cantons of the Old Swiss Confederacy) #History #Swiss
Mustafa was the heir apparent and proved to be an exceptional commander. Ghislain de Busbecq's accounts provide important information of how Mustafa was perceived and respected by the the Habsburgs, Venice etc. This would prove to be a costly mistake for Suleyman 2/ #OTD
#OTD 1560 Gustav I of Sweden (Vasa), influential 16th century Swedish King, died at Tre Kronor, Stockholm. Series of paintings depicting his rule/triumphs (L to R)
Part one (1521–23) Outside Stockholm
Part two 1525, Inside Stockholm
Part three 1527, Inside and outside Västerås
#OTD 1496 Polish diplomat Hieronymus Jarosław Laski was born. He gained notoriety for the conspiracy to overthrow John Zapolya, Hungarian King & Transylvanian voivode, together with Ludovico Gritti (son of Venetian Doge Andrea) and Suleiman, which failed and led to his arrest. 1/
#OTD 1569 Pieter Bruegel the Elder, one of the most influential painters of the Dutch & Flemish #Renaissance passed away in Brussels. #History #art
The Procession to Calvary, 1564 (L)
Massacre of the Innocents,(c. 1565–1567) (Up.R)
The Fall of the Rebel Angels, (1562) (Low.R)