Mathias or Matthijs Jansz. Balen (born 1 October 1611 in Dordrecht; died 1691) was a Dutch historian. He first distinguished himself as a poet, but afterwards...

allegories. He was probably the son or grandson of the Dordrecht writer Mathias Balen, who wrote Beschryvinge der stad Dordrecht in 1677. Houbraken himself...

Hendrick van Balen (1574–1632), a Flemish artist Mathias Balen (1611–1691), a Dutch historian Matthijs Balen (1684–1766), a Dutch painter Viena Balen (born 1986)...

September 17 – Johann Olearius, German hymnwriter (d. 1684) October 1 – Mathias Balen, Dutch writer (d. 1691) October 11 Samuel Enys, English politician (d...

engravings on glass (roemers). Houbraken quoted the Dordrecht writer Mathias Balen (1611–1691), who published a history of Dordrecht that included various...

also a print with the arms of the governors of Dordrecht, published by Mathias Balen in his Beschryving van Dordrecht (1677). Jan Drapentier seems to have...

Pensionary of Holland Jeremias de Dekker (1610–1666), a Dutch poet Mathias Balen (1611–1691), a Dutch historian, wrote Beschryving der Stad Dordrecht...

September 17 – Johann Olearius, German hymnwriter (d. 1684) October 1 – Mathias Balen, Dutch writer (d. 1691) October 11 Samuel Enys, English politician (d...

(1421 – 1468), was a Dutch foundling in Dordrecht in 1421. According to Mathias Balen in his 1677 Description of the city of Dordrecht, she was a survivor...

saint and poet October 10 – Isaac de Benserade (born 1613), French poet Mathias Balen (born 1611), Dutch historian and poet Probable date – Samuel Pordage...