SOCIAL ACTIVIST

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Balthasar Gérard has received more than 500,942 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Balthasar Gérard is the 213th most popular social activist (down from 161st in 2019), the 1,928th most popular biography from France (down from 1,484th in 2019) and the 13th most popular French Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Balthasar Gérard ranks 213 out of 840. Before him are Aliya Moldagulova, Gretl Braun, Khudiram Bose, Abba Kovner, Sylvia Pankhurst, and Christoph Probst. After him are Ravachol, Franciszek Gajowniczek, Sophia Perovskaya, Anna Hazare, Soh Jaipil, and Gloria Steinem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1557, Balthasar Gérard ranks 7. Before him are Matthias, Holy Roman Emperor, Feodor I of Russia, Giovanni Gabrieli, Agostino Carracci, Stephen Bocskai, and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow. After him are Oda Nobutada, Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg, Irina Godunova, Lew Sapieha, Leandro Bassano, 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, Jan Kochanowski, and Yi I. After him are Mikołaj "the Red" Radziwiłł, Marcantonio Colonna, Mehmed II Giray, Pieter Pourbus, Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Solomon Alkabetz.

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In France

Among people born in France, Balthasar Gérard ranks 1,928 out of 6,770. Before him are Albert Sarraut (1872), Guillaume Bigourdan (1851), Adela of France (1009), Joseph Meister (1876), Jean-Pierre Beltoise (1937), and Henriette of Cleves (1542). After him are Princess Isabelle of Orléans (1878), Pierre Werner (1913), Ravachol (1859), Gaston Planté (1834), Jean Sorel (1934), and François-Édouard Picot (1786).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In France

Among social activists born in France, Balthasar Gérard ranks 13. Before him are Léon Jouhaux (1879), Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (1208), Flora Tristan (1803), Jacques Roux (1752), René Just Haüy (1743), and Abbé Pierre (1912). After him are Ravachol (1859), Guillaume Cale (1350), Édouard René de Laboulaye (1811), Marina Ginestà (1919), François-Jean de la Barre (1745), and Germaine Tillion (1907).

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