Mary Somerville (Born on December 26, 1780, Jedburgh,- Died on November 28, 1872, Naples) was both a Scottish writer and scientist at a time when women’s participation in science was discouraged. She translated and popularized Laplace’s celestial mechanics and led John Couch Adams to seek and discover the planet Neptune. Quick Facts: Mary Somerville Known … Read more
Fidel Castro (Born August 13, 1926, in Biran (in the province of Holguin) and died on November 25, 2016, in Havana), is a revolutionary and Cuban statesman. He ruled the Republic of Cuba for 49 years as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 and then as President of the Council of State and President of … Read more
Timur, better known as Tamerlan (born on April 9, 1336, in Kech, near Shakhrisabz, in present-day Uzbekistan, and died on February 18, 1405, in Otrar) was a Turkish-Mongolian warrior, who was conquered a large part of central and western Asia and founded the Timurid Empire in 1370 which existed until 1507. In just over two … Read more
Elizabeth of York (born February 11, 1466, in Westminster Palace, and died on February 11, 1503, in the Tower of London) was an English princess from the House of York and the eldest daughter of King Edward IV and his wife Elizabeth Woodville. After the fall of her uncle Richard III, she married the new … Read more
Anne Neville (June 11, 1456 – March 16, 1485) is an English nobleman, daughter of Richard Neville (known as “kingmaker”). She became Princess of Wales by marrying Edward of Westminster, then Queen of England as wife and consort of King Richard III. As a member of the powerful Neville family, she took part in the … Read more
Prince Albert (Born on August 26, 1819, at Rosenau castle near Cobourg, and died on December 13, 1861, at Windsor Castle), was a German Prince who married Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Prince Albert was born in the Saxon duchy of Saxony-Coburg-Saalfeld, into a family associated with numerous of … Read more
Isaac Newton (Born on December 25, 1643, in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire; and died on March 20, 1727), was a physicist, theologian, inventor, alchemist, and English mathematician. He is the author of the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica, better known as the Principia, where he describes the law of universal gravitation and established the foundations of classical mechanics … Read more
Martin Luther (born November 10, 1483, in Eisleben, House of Mansfeld; and died on February 18, 1546, in Eisleben), was an Augustinian Catholic theologian and friar who began and promoted religious reform in Germany and whose teachings were inspired by the Protestant Reformation and theological doctrine and cultural called Lutheranism. Luther exhorted the Christian church … Read more
Thomas Jefferson (born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell (a colony of Virginia) and died on July 4, 1826, at Monticello, Virginia) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States, he was the 3rd American president from 1801-1809 and the main author of the Declaration of Independence, and one of the most influential … Read more
Stephen F. Austin or Stephen Fuller Austin (born on November 3, 1793, and died on December 27, 1836,) was an American businessman born in Virginia and raised in southeastern Missouri. Known as the Father of Texas, he brought hundreds of families from the United States to the region (1825). He worked with the Mexican government … Read more