Karen Christentze Dinesen, later Karen von Blixen-Finecke (1885 – 1962), was a Danish writer, best known for The African Farm . First attempts at writing Daughter of Ingeborg Westenholz and the writer Wilhelm Dinesen, Karen Christentze Dinesen was born on April 17, 1885 in the remains in Rungstedl
Anglo-Saxon religious scholar. Charlemagne put him at the head of the school of the palace of Aix-la-Chapelle and that of Tours. He was instrumental in the restoration of culture in the 9th century (teaching, conservation of manuscripts) and in the fight against heresies.
Italian Renaissance Prince, Laurenius de Medici (nicknamed Laurent the Magnificent ) ruled the Republic of Florence from 1469 to 1492. Coming from a family of wealthy bankers, the Medici, Lorenzo succeeded his father in 1469 at the head of this city-state and succeeded in making Florence the most po
Andrée De Jongh (1916 – 2007) is the co-founder and leader of the Comète resistance network, an escape route for Allied soldiers during the Second World War. Between artistic and medical career Andrée De Jongh was born on November 30, 1916 in Schaerbeek, one of the 19 municipalities that make up B