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Johann Gutenberg
German inventor of the printing press in 1436. (1397-1468) -
Martin Luther
German theologian and Reformation leader (1483-1546) -
Jean Bodin
French and social and political philosopher and lawyer (1530-1596) -
Hugo Grotius
Dutch lawyer, author, strong advocate of natural law, and the father of international law (1583-1645) -
Dutch West India Company
Trading and colonizing company, chartered by the States-General of the Dutch Republic in 1621 and organized for their well-being. -
Peace of Westphalia
The treaty that concluded the Thirty Years’ War in 1648 -
Robert Schuman
French prime minister after World War II who proposed the Schuman plan for pooling the coal and steal resources from Western Europe. He lived through the years 1886-1963. -
Jean Monnet
He was a french statesman and a very distinguished economist, who lived through the years of 1888-1979. -
Paul Henri Spaak
Foreign minister of Belgium who was first president of the General Assembly of the United Nations, who lived through the years 1899-1972. -
Benito Mussolini
Italian Fascist dictator and prime minister from 1922 to 1943. -
IMF
Established in 1944 to prevent countries from defaulting on their loans and to make financing available -
Cold War
The hostile relations between the two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union, from 1945 to 1990.
