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Born | Oostburg, Netherlands | 1 July 1983
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Roeland Lievens (born 1 July 1983) is a Dutch rower. He competed in the Men's lightweight coxless four event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
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Jan Lievens was a Dutch Golden Age painter who was associated with his close contemporary Rembrandt, a year older, in the early parts of their careers. They shared a birthplace in Leiden, training with Pieter Lastman in Amsterdam, where they shared a studio for about five years until 1631. Like Rembrandt he painted both portraits and history paintings, but unlike him Lievens' career took him away from Amsterdam to London, Antwerp, The Hague and Berlin.
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Events in the year 1989 in the Netherlands.