Henrik Rysensteen

Henrik Ruse, Baron of Rysensteen was a Dutch officer and fortification engineer. Following a period when he served in various armies in Germany and Italy, he wrote a well-researched book documenting the latest trends in fortification systems across Europe. As a result, he was entrusted with commissions for improving defences in his native Amsterdam, in Germany, and finally in Denmark and Norway where, benefitting from the support of the monarchy, he first became a general and later a baron. Ruse died in Sauwerd near Groningen in the Netherlands.

9 April 1624

Born on the same birth day (9 April): Charles Baudelaire • Curly Lambeau • Cynthia Nixon • Elias Lönnrot • Fred Hollows • Giovanni Andrea Cornia • Harris Wofford • Imran Sherwani • J. Presper Eckert • Jesse McCartney • Joolz Denby • Joseph Krumgold • Kay Adams (singer) • Otz Tollen • Peter Penashue • Richard Rose (political scientist) • Seve Ballesteros • Sol Hurok • Theobald Boehm