Peter Paul Rubens, born : 28-June-1577, 433 years ago. died : 30-May-1640 at the age of 62, 371 years ago. sign Cancer

• At the age of 381, 26-February-1959 : Author Walter Mene throws acid on a Rubens painting in Munich.
• At the age of 425, 10-July-2002 : At a Sotheby's auction, Peter Paul Rubens' painting "The Massacre of the Innocents" (first version) is sold for ?49.5million (US$76.2 million) to Kenneth Thomson, 2nd Baron Thomson of Fleet.