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...
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allegories. He was probably the son or grandson of the Dordrecht writer Mathias Balen, who wrote Beschryvinge der stad Dordrecht in 1677. Houbraken himself...
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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)...
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September 17 – Johann Olearius, German hymnwriter (d. 1684) October 1 – Mathias Balen, Dutch writer (d. 1691) October 11 Samuel Enys, English politician (d...
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engravings on glass (roemers). Houbraken quoted the Dordrecht writer Mathias Balen (1611–1691), who published a history of Dordrecht that included various...
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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...
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Pensionary of Holland Jeremias de Dekker (1610–1666), a Dutch poet Mathias Balen (1611–1691), a Dutch historian, wrote Beschryving der Stad Dordrecht...
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September 17 – Johann Olearius, German hymnwriter (d. 1684) October 1 – Mathias Balen, Dutch writer (d. 1691) October 11 Samuel Enys, English politician (d...
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(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...
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saint and poet October 10 – Isaac de Benserade (born 1613), French poet Mathias Balen (born 1611), Dutch historian and poet Probable date – Samuel Pordage...
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