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Facts

Also Known As Charles IV
Born April 5, 1604 • Nancy
Died September 18, 1675 (aged 71)
Johann Heinrich Alsted
German logician
Charles II the Great, drawing by an unknown French artist, 16th century; in the Louvre, Paris
Charles II
duke of Lorraine [1543–1608]
Charles I
duke of Lorraine [1365–1431]
August Boeckh
German scholar
Johann Christoph Blumhardt
German theologian
Johann Friedrich Cotta, Freiherr von Cottendorf
German publisher
Johann Georg Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf
German publisher [1796–1863]
Barthel Beham
German engraver
Johann Georg Cotta
German publisher [1631–1692]
Pina Bausch
German ballet dancer and choreographer
Bernard II
German duke
Friedrich William Heinrich Benda
German musician
Joseph Weizenbaum
American computer scientist
Robert Wiene
German film director
Christoph von Dohnányi
German conductor
Konrad Zuse
German engineer
Peter Vischer, the Elder
German artist
Marcel Schlumberger
German geophysicist
Henry Melchior Mühlenberg
American clergyman
Oskar Minkowski
German physiologist