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Karl Mack von Leiberich (1752-1828), Austrian general most famous for being defeated by Napoleon during the Ulm Campaign of September-October 1805, during the War of the Third Coalition. Illustration by an unknown artist, from the book Historisches...

A medieval illustration of the Germanic knight Wolfram von Eschenbach and his squire. 1305-1315 CE. (Codex Manesse, Zurich, Switzerland)

Ulrich von Zatzikhoven, Lanzelet Codex Palatinus Germanicus 371, 1420 CE

Count Levin August von Bennigsen (1745-1826), a German-born soldier in the service of the Russian Empire during the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). He led Russian forces at the battles of Eylau, Friedland, and Borodino, as well as several engagements...

Portrait of Count Dagobert Sigmund von Wurmser (1724-1797), an Austrian field marshal best known for leading armies against Napoleon Bonaparte during the French Revolutionary Wars. Engraving by an unknown artist, 1778-1793. Österreichische...

Sculpture from the Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in Rosheim, France, 12th century.

Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441 CE) was a Netherlandish Renaissance painter who was famous in his own lifetime for his mastery of oil painting, colouring, naturalistic scenes, and eye for detail. Amongst his masterpieces are the 1432 CE Ghent...

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893) was a Russian composer most famous for his symphonies, the ballets Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Nutcracker, and the operas Eugene Onegin and The Queen of Spades. A composer of innovative and...

Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) was an Austrian-Bohemian composer best known for his song-cycles and his grand, sweeping symphonies, which often require expanded orchestras for their full performance. Mahler, a composer of Late-Romantic music and...

Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a German astronomer and mathematician most famous for creating what was up to that point the most accurate model of planetary astronomy with his three laws of planetary motion. Kepler was the first to present...