Birthday on 10th January and their famous work

Margaret of Austria

Born: January 10, 1480, Brussels, Belgium. Archduchess Margaret of Austria was Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands from 1507 to 1515 and again from 1519 to 1530. She was the first of many female regents in the Netherlands. In 1501, Margaret married Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1480–1504), whose realm played a decisive role in the rivalry between France and the Habsburgs in Italy on account of its strategic position in the Western Alps. They had a very stable relationship for those 3 years.

In 1520, Charles made Margaret his governor-general in gratitude for her services. She was the only regent he ever re-appointed indefinitely from 1519 until her death in on 1 December 1530.

Margaret soon found herself at war with France over the question of Charles’s requirement to pay homage to the French king for the County of Flanders (which was outside the Empire; and while a long-standing portion of the inherited Burgundian titles & provinces, legally still within France).

Margaret had an aptitude for business, and maintained the prosperity of the Netherlands. She negotiated the restoration of Intercursus Magnus with England, which was favorable to the Flemish textile interests and brought huge profits. Died: December 1, 1530, Mechelen, Belgium.

Isaac Jogues

Born: January 10, 1607, Orléans, France.

Isaac Jogues, S.J. was a French missionary and martyr who traveled and worked among the Iroquois, Huron, and other Native populations in North America. He was the first European to name Lake George, calling it Lac du Saint Sacrement.

On 3 August 1642, Jogues, Guillaume Couture, René Goupil, and a group of Christian Hurons were heading back from Quebec City when they were waylaid by a war party of the Mohawk Nation, part of the Iroquois Confederacy. Jogues allegedly hid in reeds and bushes but decided to leave his hiding place to join the prisoners so that he could comfort them and ensure that their faith in Christianity remained strong.

In the autumn of 1643, the Mohawk were persuaded to bring the priest with them when they came to Beverwijck to trade. Once there, Van Curler helped Jogues escape, hiding him in his barn until a deal could be reached. The Frenchman put on a ship to take him downriver.

Died: October 18, 1646, Auriesville, New York, United States.

Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff

Born: January 10, 1628, Alkmaar, Netherlands.

Jan Theunisz Blanckerhoff or Jan Maat, was a Dutch Golden Age marine painter.

He was taught by the Alkmaar painter Arent Teerling, and later by Pieter Scheyenburg and still later again by Cesar van Everdingen, who encouraged him to travel. He became a member of the Bentvueghels in Rome and was given the bent name Jan Maat. He started on landscapes but switched to seascapes.

Died: October 2, 1669.

Louis Boufflers

Born: January 10, 1644, Crillon, France.

Louis François de Boufflers, Duke of Boufflers was a French soldier. He was created count of Cagny and duke of Boufflers and named marshal of France.

In 1691, he acted as lieutenant-general under the king in person; and during the investment of Mons, he was wounded in an attack on the town. He was present with the king at the siege of Namur in 1692, and took part in the victory of Steinkirk. For his services he was raised in 1692 to the rank of Marshal of France, and in 1694 was made a duke.

In 1694, he was appointed governor of French Flanders and of the town of Lille. He was besieged in Namur in 1695, and only surrendered to his besiegers after he had lost 8,000 of his 13,000 men. In the conferences which terminated in the Peace of Ryswick he had a principal share.

Died: August 22, 1711, Fontainebleau, France.

Johannes Zick

Born: January 10, 1702, Lachen, Germany.

Johannes Zick was a German painter of frescoes in southern Germany and active during the Baroque period. He was the father of painter Januarius Zick and considered to be an important master of the Late Baroque.

Around 1750, he moved to Würzburg where he painted the frescoes in the so-called garden room at the Würzburg Residence, the dwelling place of the Prince Bishop of Würzburg. For nine years, between 1751 and 1759, he furnished the residence of the Prince Bishops of Speyer in Bruchsal with paintings. Johannes Zick died in Würzburg in 1762.

Works:

a) 1736 – Decoration of vault and altar in the church of St. John the Baptist, Bergkirchen

b) 1737 – Frescoes in Roßacker Chapel, Rosenheim

c) 1738/1739 – Frescoes in St. George’s church, Raitenhaslach (Burghausen)

d) 1740/1742 – Five altarpieces in the collegiate church St. Andrews, Berchtesgaden

e) 1745/1746 – Frescoes in the Premonstratensian abbey church St. Magnus, Schussenried

f) 1746/1747 – Frescoes and decorations in the church of St. Martin, Biberach an der Riß

g) 1749/1750 – Frescoes for the garden-room at the Würzburg Residence

h) 1751-1759 – Numerous frescoes at the residence in Bruchsal

Died: March 4, 1762, Würzburg, Germany.