Rembrandt van Rijn | Painter | Rembrandt House Museum | Australia

-Rembrandt van Rijn (400)
Dutch painter Rembrandt, one of the most important European artists in history, was born in 1606 (the same year Dutch sailors reached Australia, incidentally). The Dutch are pumping nearly $5 million into the celebrations, planning everything from Rembrandt-centric cycling and sailing packages to special exhibitions at the Rijksmuseum and Rembrandt House Museum. As if you needed an excuse to go to Amsterdam.