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Biography of Angelica Kauffman (excerpt)
Maria Anna Angelika Kauffmann RA (30 October 1741 – 5 November 1807), usually known in English as Angelica Kauffman, was a Swiss Neoclassical painter who had a successful career in London and Rome. Remembered primarily as a history painter, Kauffmann was a skilled portraitist, landscape and decoration painter.
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Biography of Peter III of Russia (excerpt)
Peter III Fyodorovich (Russian: Пётр III Фёдорович, romanized: Pyotr III Fyodorovich; 21 February (O.S. 10 February) 1728 – 17 July 1762) was Emperor of Russia from 5 January 1762 until 9 July of the same year, when he was overthrown by his wife, Catherine II (the Great).
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Biography of Marie-Angélique Duchemin (excerpt)
Marie-Angélique Josèphe Brûlon, née Duchemin (January 20, 1772 – July 13, 1859), was a French soldier. Born in Dinan into a soldier family, Duchemin married a soldier named Brûlon and served from 1792 to 1799 in the defence of Corsica. She initially fought disguised as a man along with her husband, but was eventually discovered to be a woman.
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Biography of Nathanael Greene (excerpt)
Major-General Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1748 - June 19, 1786) was an American military officer and planter who served in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War. He emerged from the war with a reputation as one of George Washington's most talented and dependable officers, and is known for his successful command in the Southern theater of the conflict.
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Biography of Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (excerpt)
Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily (6 June 1772 – 13 April 1807) was the first Empress of Austria and last Holy Roman Empress as the spouse of Francis II. She was born a Princess of Naples as the eldest daughter of King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and Queen Maria Carolina.
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Biography of Princess Louise Augusta of Denmark (excerpt)
Louise Augusta of Denmark and Norway, born on July 7, 1771, and died on January 13, 1843, was reputedly fathered by Johann Friedrich Struensee, the royal physician, rather than King Christian VII. Her time of birth comes from "Madrid Gazette no. ![]()
Biography of Iolo Morganwg (excerpt)
Iolo Morganwg, the bardic name of Edward Williams, born in 1747 in Llancarfan, Glamorgan, Wales, and died in 1826, was a pioneer of modern Neo-Druidic philosophy and ritual. His time of birth comes from the biography "Iolo Morganwg, Volume 1" by Griffith John Williams (Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru, 1956).
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Biography of Matthew Pratt (excerpt)
Matthew Pratt (September 23 (October 4, gregorian calendar), 1734 – January 9, 1805) was an American "Colonial Era" artist famous for his portraits of American men and women. His time of birth comes from "Autobiographical Notes of Matthew Pratt, Painter". He was born in Philadelphia, Province of Pennsylvania to goldsmith Henry Pratt, (1708–1748) and Rebecca Claypoole, (1711–1762) (sister of James Claypoole Sr. ![]()
Biography of Patrick Henry (politician) (excerpt)
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an influential American orator and politician, famous for his declaration "Give me liberty, or give me death!" at the Second Virginia Convention in 1775. A Founding Father, he served as Virginia's first and sixth post-colonial Governor between 1776-1779 and 1784-1786.
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Biography of Charlotte, Princess Royal (excerpt)
Charlotte, Princess Royal (Charlotte Augusta Matilda; 29 September 1766 – 6 October 1828), was Queen of Württemberg as the wife of King Frederick I. She was the eldest daughter and fourth child of George III of the United Kingdom and his wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. ![]()
Biography of Anne d'Arpajon (excerpt)
Anne d'Arpajon, comtesse de Noailles (Anne Claude Louise d'Arpajon; 4 March 1729 – 27 June 1794) was a French noblewoman and court official. She served as the dame d'honneur of two Queens of France, Marie Leszczyńska and Marie Antoinette. She was called "Madame Etiquette" by Marie Antoinette for her insistence that the minutiae of court etiquette could never be altered or disregarded.
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Biography of Hester Stanhope (excerpt)
Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope (12 March 1776 – 23 June 1839) was a British adventurer, writer, antiquarian, and one of the most famous travellers of her age. Her excavation of Ascalon in 1815 is considered the first to use modern archaeological principles, and her use of a medieval Italian document is described as "one of the earliest uses of textual sources by field archaeologists".
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Biography of Stanislaw Malachowski (excerpt)
Stanisław Małachowski (1736-1809) was a significant Polish statesman, presiding over the "Great Sejm" (1788-1792) and instrumental in crafting the Polish Constitution of May 3, 1791. Starting his political career at twenty-two as a deputy in 1758, he demonstrated unwavering integrity and held various key positions, including Marshal of the Tribunal of the Crown and Grand Referendary of the Crown.
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Biography of Charlotte Buff (excerpt)
Charlotte Buff (11 January 1753, Wetzlar – 16 January 1828, Hanover) was a youthful acquaintance of the poet Goethe, who fell in love with her. She rejected him and instead married Johann Christian Kestner, vice-archivist and privy councillor to the Hanoverian court.
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Biography of Gaetano Filangieri (excerpt)
Gaetano Filangieri (1753–1788) was an Italian jurist and philosopher renowned for his work in reforming legislation. Born into nobility near Naples, he shifted from a military to a legal career, quickly gaining prominence. His seminal work, "La Scienza della Legislazione," began in 1780, advocating for legislative reform and economic liberalization. ![]()
Biography of Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (excerpt)
Christian Friedrich Daniel Schubart (24 March 1739 – 10 October 1791) was a German poet, organist, composer, and journalist who spent ten years in prison due to his critical writings. His birth time comes from the biography "Württembergische Jahrbücher für Statistik und Landeskunde" (W.
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Biography of Francis Xavier of Saxony (excerpt)
Franz Xavier of Saxony (Polish: Ksawery Saski) (25 August 1730 – 21 June 1806) was a Saxon prince and member of the House of Wettin. He was the fourth but second surviving son of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, and Maria Josepha of Austria.
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Biography of Wilhelmina of Prussia, Princess of Orange (excerpt)
Princess Wilhelmina of Prussia (Frederika Sophia Wilhelmina; 7 August 1751 in Berlin – 9 June 1820 in Het Loo) was the consort of William V of Orange and the de facto leader of the dynastic party and counter-revolution in the Netherlands.
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Biography of Antoine Court de Gébelin (excerpt)
Antoine Court, who named himself Antoine Court de Gébelin (Nîmes, 5 September 1728 (birth data from "Antoine Court de Gébelin and His Monde Primitif" by William Henry Alexander (Department of History, Stanford University, 1972)) – Paris, 10 May 1784), was a former Protestant pastor, born in Nîmes, who initiated the interpretation of the Tarot as an arcane repository of timeless esoteric wisdom in 1781.
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Biography of Fausto Elhuyar (excerpt)
Fausto de Elhuyar (11 October 1755 – 6 February 1833) was a Spanish chemist, known for isolating tungsten with his brother Juan José Elhuyar in 1783. He organized the School of Mines in Mexico City under a commission from the King of Spain, overseeing the construction of the "Palacio de Minería".
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Biography of Francesco Aglietti (excerpt)
Francesco Aglietti (1 November 1757 Brescia, Republic of Venice – 3 May 1836 Venezia) was an Italian physician and writer. His time of birth comes fropm the biography "Biografia degli Italiani illustri nelle scienze: lettere ed arti del secolo XVIII. e de'contemporanei compilata da letterati Italiani di ogni provincia, Volume 3" by Emilio de Tipaldo (1836).
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Biography of Johann David Schoepff (excerpt)
Johann David Schoepff, or Schoepf, or Schöpf, (8 March 1752 – 10 September 1800) was a German botanist, zoologist, and physician. His time of birth comes from the biography "Johann David Schoepf — Leben und Werk" by Armin Geus in "Jahrbuch des Historischen Vereins für Mittelfranken, Volumes 84-85" (Der Verein, 1967/1968).
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Biography of Joseph of Austria, Palatine of Hungary (excerpt)
Archduke Joseph Anton of Austria (German: Erzherzog Joseph Anton Johann Baptist von Österreich; Hungarian: Habsburg József Antal János Baptista főherceg, József nádor; 9 March 1776 – 13 January 1847) was the 103rd and penultimate palatine of Hungary who served for more than fifty years from 1796 to 1847, after he had been appointed governor in 1795.
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Biography of Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany (excerpt)
Ferdinand III of Tuscany, also known as Ferdinand Joseph John Baptist of Habsburg-Lorraine (in German: Ferdinand Josef Johann Baptist; in Italian: Ferdinando Giuseppe Giovanni Baptista), born on May 6, 1769, in Florence where he died on June 18, 1824, was a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, the second son of Emperor Leopold II.
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Biography of Pierre Prevost (physicist) (excerpt)
Pierre Prevost (March 3, 1751 – April 8, 1839) was a Genevan philosopher and physicist. In 1791, he theorized that all bodies radiate heat, regardless of their temperature, while explaining Pictet's experiment. The son of a Protestant clergyman in Geneva, Prevost initially pursued a career in law but shifted to education and travel.
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Biography of Thomas Pitt (officer) (excerpt)
Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (19 February 1775 – 10 March 1804) was a British Royal Navy officer and peer best known for his participation in the Vancouver Expedition and the resulting feud with its leader, George Vancouver, during and after the expedition.
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Biography of Marko Pohlin (excerpt)
Marko Pohlin, born Anton Pohlin (April 13, 1735 – February 4, 1801), was a Slovene philologist and author, regarded as the first exponent of the Age of Enlightenment in the Slovene Lands. Born in Ljubljana, he studied at Jesuit colleges and joined the Augustinian order.
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Biography of William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester (excerpt)
Prince William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester and Edinburgh (15 January 1776 – 30 November 1834) was a great-grandson of King George II of Great Britain and the nephew and son-in-law of King George III. He was the grandson of both Frederick, Prince of Wales (George II's eldest son), and Edward Walpole.
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Biography of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (excerpt)
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu, born in Lyon on April 12, 1748, and died in Paris on September 17, 1836, was a renowned French botanist. A nephew of botanists Antoine, Bernard, and Joseph de Jussieu, he moved to Paris in 1766 to complete his medical studies.
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Biography of Maria Amalia, Archduchess of Austria (1746) (excerpt)
Maria Amalia (Maria Amalia Josepha Johanna Antonia; 26 February 1746 – 18 June 1804) was duchess of Parma, Piacenza and Guastalla by marriage to Ferdinand I, Duke of Parma. She was born an archduchess of Austria as the daughter of Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I.
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Biography of Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (excerpt)
Prince Henry, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn (Henry Frederick; 7 November (O.S. 27 October) 1745 – 18 September 1790) was the sixth child and fourth son of Frederick, Prince of Wales, and Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha, and a younger brother of George III.
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Biography of Georg Friedrich Parrot (excerpt)
Georges-Frédéric Parrot (5 July 1767 – 20 July 1852) was born in Mömpelgard (Montbéliard), then part of the Duchy of Württemberg. He studied physics and mathematics at the University of Stuttgart (1782–1786). After working as a private tutor in France and Germany, he moved to Livonia in 1795, where he became the first secretary of the Livonian Charitable and Economic Society.
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Biography of Joseph Görres (excerpt)
Johann Joseph von Görres (born in Koblenz on January 25, 1776, and died in Munich on January 29, 1848) was a German writer, historian, and publicist. Initially a strong supporter of the French Revolution's ideals, he founded the republican newspaper Das rote Blatt in 1799.
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Biography of Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (1747) (excerpt)
Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel (11 September 1747 – 20 May 1837) was a Danish general and a younger member of the Hesse-Kassel ruling dynasty. Born to Hereditary Prince Frederick of Hesse-Kassel and Princess Mary of Great Britain, he was the last surviving legitimate grandchild of King George II of Great Britain.
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Biography of François-Benoît Hoffmann (excerpt)
François-Benoît Hoffmann was a French playwright and critic, born in Nancy on July 11, 1760, and died in Paris on April 25, 1828. His name was Germanized by his grandfather, an officer in the Duke of Lorraine's court. Hoffmann studied law but gave it up due to a speech impediment and briefly joined the army.
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Biography of Carl Michael Bellman (excerpt)
Carl Michael Bellman (4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, musician, poet, and entertainer. He is a central figure in Swedish song tradition and continues to influence Swedish music and Scandinavian literature. Bellman is best known for two collections of musical poems: Fredman’s Epistles (Fredmans epistlar) and Fredman’s Songs (Fredmans sånger), each containing about 70 songs.
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Biography of Valentin Vodnik (excerpt)
Valentin Vodnik (February 3, 1758 – January 8, 1819), born in Zgornja Šiška (Slovenia), was a Slovenian poet, journalist, and grammarian, as well as a Franciscan priest. His time of birth comes from the biography "Archiv für slavische Philologie, Volume 23" (Weidmann.
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Biography of Karl von Zinzendorf (excerpt)
Karl von Zinzendorf und Pottendorf (5 January 1739 – 5 January 1813) was a Saxon-Austrian civil servant who served in various roles in the Austrian government, including as governor of Trieste, and rose to prominence at the Habsburg court. His time of birth comes from the book "Aus den Jugendtagebüchern 1747, 1752 bis 1763" by Karl Graf von Zinzendorf, Hans Wagner, Maria Breunlich, and Marieluise Mader (Böhlau, 1997). |
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