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Born May 25, 1821 • Venlo • Netherlands
Died June 21, 1903 (aged 82) • Brussels • Belgium
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
French military engineer
Coehoorn, engraving by Pieter Schenk I
Menno, baron van Coehoorn
Dutch engineer
King Leopold III, 1950.
Leopold III
king of Belgium
King Philippe of Belgium
Philippe, king of Belgium
king of Belgium
Albert I
Albert I
king of Belgium
Henri van der Noot
Belgian political leader
Jean-François Vonck
Belgian political leader
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Tadeusz Kościuszko
Polish general and statesman
Maurice, prince of Orange
Maurice
stadholder of The Netherlands
Napier, Robert Napier, 1st Baron
Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier
British field marshal
Pedro Navarro, count de Olivetto
Spanish military engineer and general
Meigs, Montgomery C.
Montgomery C. Meigs
American engineer and architect
Gribeauval 12-pounder cannon
Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval
French officer and engineer
George Washington Goethals
George Washington Goethals
American engineer
Sir Andrew Clarke
British engineer and politician
Marc-René, marquis de Montalembert
French general
Henri-Gratien, Comte Bertrand
Henri-Gratien, Comte Bertrand
French engineer
Abraham de Fabert
marshal of France
Leopold II
Leopold II
king of Belgium
Van Rompuy, Herman
Herman Van Rompuy
prime minister of Belgium