Jan Szczęsny Herburt, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish noble
Date of Birth: 22-Jan-1567
Date of Death: 31-Dec-1616
Profession: politician, diplomat
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Jan Szczęsny Herburt
- Jan Szczesny Herburt (12 January 1567 – 31 December 1616) was a Polish political writer, diplomat and a member of the Polish Sejm.
- An early supporter of Chancellor Jan Zamoyski, he took part in many diplomatic missions, most notably to Sweden, United Kingdom, the Vatican and the Ottoman Empire.
- Later he became a strong supporter of King Sigismund III of Poland and eventually his opponent, one of the leaders of the infamous Zebrzydowski Rebellion in 1607 and eventually imprisoned by royalists from 1607 to 1609.
- Herburt was an author of many rebellion-related and anti-magnate treaties.
- He was also a founder of the Kudryntsi Castle. Jan Szczesny Herburt hailed from a Polonized German-Ruthenian family and called himself as Rusin.
- Himself being a Roman Catholic, he was an opponent of the Union of Brest and supported the Eastern Orthodox population from Polonization.
- His initiative of printing the Stanislaw Orzechowski annals and Jan Dlugosz chronicles was criticized by the King Sigismund III of Poland and eventually the Orzechowski annals were suspended and the printing house operations in Dobromyl was prohibited.
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Polski: Jan Styfi (1839-1921) warszawski drzeworytnik czynny w latach 1859-po koniec XIX w., studiowal w latach 1856-1857 w Warszawskiej Szkole Sztuk Pieknych, nastepnie doskonalil sie w drzeworytnictwie w Lipsku, jako rytownik zwiazany z "Tygodnikiem Ilustrowanym", a w latach 1865-1890 z "Klosami" (w obu pismach jako kierownik drzeworytni), rytowal równiez dla wydawnictw ksiazkowych i kalendarzy, jeden z najwybitniejszych i najplodniejszych polskich ksylografów.
English: Jan Styfi (1839-1921) engraver from Warsaw, active in mid to late 19th Century, studied art between 1856-1857 in Warsaw School of Fine Arts, than in Leiptzig; as an illustrator, connected with the "Tygodnik Ilustrowany" (1865-1890) and "Klosy" magazines (in both as director of woodcut department), executed commissions also for book and callendar publishers; one of the most prominent Polish woodblock print artists also known as xylographers.
Jan Matejko
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| Alternative names | Jan Alojzy Matejko; Johann Matejko; Jana Matejki; j. matejko; jan matejko; J. Mateijko; Matejko | ||
| Description | Polish-Austro-Hungarian painter and university teacher | ||
| Date of birth/death | 24 June 1838 | 1 November 1893 | |
| Location of birth/death | Kraków | Kraków | |
| Work location | Vienna; Paris; Munich | ||
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