Jean Curtius

Belgian arms trader Date Of Birth : 1551-01-01T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1628-07-12T00:00:00Z

Jean Curtius, also known as Jean De Corte and Juan Curcio, called Curtius (1551 – July 12, 1628), was a Liégeois industrialist and manufacturer who obtained the monopoly on providing gunpowder to the Spanish army.
The mansion he built on the banks of the Meuse in Liège is now the Curtius Museum.

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