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William the Silent
Statute of William the Silent (l. 1533-1584, also known as William of Orange), made by Flemish sculptor Louis Royer, unveiled on 5 June 1848.
Het Plein, Den Haag.

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The Iconoclasts
The iconoclasts, oil painting by Jan Michiel Ruyten, mid-19th century.
Groeningemuseum, Bruges.

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Iconoclasm in a Church
Iconoclasm in a Church, oil on panel painting by Dirck van Delen, the Netherlands, 1630.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Menno Simons
Portrait van Menno Simons on the title page of Opera omnia theologica, by Jan Luyken, 1681.
Amsterdam Museum.

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Melchior Hoffman
Melchior Hoffman (l. c. 1495 to c. 1543), portrait by Christoffel van Sichem, Amsterdam, 1600.
Staatliche Graphische Sammlung, München.

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Death of Pedro de Alvarado
A scene from the 16th-century Codex Telleriano-Remensis showing the death of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Alvarado was killed in Mexico when his horse fell...

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Pedro de Alvarado
A colourised version of an early 20th-century portrait of Pedro de Alvarado (c. 1485-1541), the Spanish conquistador who became the first governor of Guatemala in 1527. Original illustration by Tomás Povedano.

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The Achaemenid Persian Empire c. 500 BCE
A map illustrating the rise and evolution of the Achaemenid Persian Empire (from the name of Achaemenes, an ancestor of the empire's founder, Cyrus the Great) from its origins in around 550 BCE when Cyrus II of Persia conquered the Medes...

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The Coastal Landscape of Wadden Sea, Northern Germany
Brown grass on a body of water at Norden, Germany.

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A Pond in Samothrace, Greece
A beautiful pond emerges from the waterfall deriving from Mt. Saos, Samothrace.