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Balthasar Gérard

1557 - 1584

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Balthasar Gérard (alternative spellings Gerards or Gerardts; c. 1557 – 14 July 1584) was the assassin of the Dutch revolt's leader, William the Silent of the House of Orange (William the Silent, and later known as the "Father of the Fatherland"). He killed William the Silent in Delft on 10 July 1584, by shooting him twice with a pair of pistols, and was afterwards tried, convicted, tortured, and executed. Gérard was born in Franche-Comté (then belonging to Holy Roman Empire, afterwards to France). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Balthasar Gérard is the 193rd most popular social activist (up from 214th in 2019), the 1,766th most popular biography from France (up from 1,929th in 2019) and the 12th most popular French Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Balthasar Gérard ranks 193 out of 840. Before him are Billy Milligan, Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson, Rudi Dutschke, Leopold Trepper, Salvador Puig Antich, and Ales Bialiatski. After him are Kartini, Vladimir Bukovsky, Friedrich Wilhelm Raiffeisen, Andrés Bonifacio, Subcomandante Marcos, and Tawakkol Karman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1557, Balthasar Gérard ranks 9. Before him are Giovanni Gabrieli, Agostino Carracci, Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow, Stephen Bocskai, Philip Howard, 13th Earl of Arundel, and Oda Nobutada. After him are Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, Lew Sapieha, Irina Godunova, Leandro Bassano, Thomas Morley, and Öküz Mehmed Pasha. Among people deceased in 1584, Balthasar Gérard ranks 8. Before him are William the Silent, Charles Borromeo, Francis, Duke of Anjou, Bernal Díaz del Castillo, Yi I, and Jan Kochanowski. After him are Marcantonio Colonna, Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Mehmed II Giray, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Pieter Pourbus, and Solomon Alkabetz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Balthasar Gérard ranks 1,766 out of 6,770. Before him are Maurice Sarrail (1856), Madame Clicquot Ponsardin (1777), Louis-François de Boufflers (1644), Maurice Trintignant (1917), Maurice Duruflé (1902), and Marie-Christine Barrault (1944). After him are William Farel (1489), Louis, Duke of Brittany (1707), Louis Henri, Prince of Condé (1756), Maurice Herzog (1919), Henri de Régnier (1864), and Edmond François Valentin About (1828).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Balthasar Gérard ranks 12. Before him are René Just Haüy (1743), Flora Tristan (1803), Edmond James de Rothschild (1845), René Cassin (1887), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), and Abbé Pierre (1912). After him are Jacques Roux (1752), Ravachol (1859), Marina Ginestà (1919), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), Guillaume Cale (1350), and Martin Guerre (1524).

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