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 • Dennis Sarfate • Jay Chandrasekhar • Jeremy Metcalfe • Mary Jackson (engineer) • Peter Moores (businessman) • Rick Tocchet • Sharan Rani Backliwal • Terry Knight • Thomas Johann Seebeck • Ward Bond