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Biography of Benjamin Franklin (excerpt)
Benjamin Franklin (January 17 1706 – April 17, 1790) was one of the most critical Founding Fathers of the United States. He was a leading author, political theorist, politician, printer, scientist, inventor, civic activist, environmentalist, and diplomat. As a scientist he was a major figure in the history of physics for his discoveries and theories regarding electricity.
Biography of Jean-Jacques Rousseau (excerpt)
Jean-Jacques Rousseau, (June 28, 1712 (Lescaut, Nicola, data not reliable) – July 2, 1778) was a Genevan philosopher of the Enlightenment whose political ideas influenced the French Revolution, the development of socialist theory, and the growth of nationalism. Rousseau also made important contributions to music both as a theorist and as a composer.
Biography of Louis XV of France (excerpt)
Louis XV, called the Beloved (French: le Bien-Aimé) (February 15, 1710 – May 10, 1774), ruled as King of France and Navarre from 1715 until his death. Unexpectedly surviving the death of his entire family, he enjoyed a favourable reputation at the beginning of his reign.
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Detroit is the largest and most-populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan, the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of Wayne County. The municipality of Detroit had a 2019 estimated population of 670,031, making it the 24th-most populous city in the United States.
Biography of Frederick II of Prussia (excerpt)
Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; January 24, 1712 – August 17, 1786) was a King of Prussia (1740–1786) from the Hohenzollern dynasty. In his role as a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, he was Frederick IV (Friedrich IV.) of Brandenburg.
Biography of Denis Diderot (excerpt)
Denis Diderot (October 5, 1713 – July 31, 1784) was a French philosopher and writer. He was a prominent figure in the Enlightenment, and editor-in-chief of the famous Encyclopédie. Diderot also contributed to literature, notably with Jacques le fataliste et son maître (Jacques the Fatalist and His Master), which emulated Laurence Sterne in challenging conventions regarding novels, their structure and content, while also examining philosophical ideas about free will.
Biography of Emanuel Swedenborg (excerpt)
Emanuel Swedenborg (help·info) (born Emanuel Swedberg; January 29, 1688 – March 29, 1772) was a Swedish scientist, philosopher, Christian mystic, and theologian. Swedenborg had a prolific career as an inventor and scientist. At the age of fifty-six he entered into a spiritual phase, in which he experienced dreams and visions.
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Prague is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, the 13th largest city in the European Union and the historical capital of Bohemia. Situated on the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of 2.
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Oslo is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. As of 23 November 2020, the municipality of Oslo had a population of 697,549, while the population of the city's greater urban area was 1,019,513, as of 4 November 2019.
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Arabian nations, considered at the start of the Mohammedan Era; the arrival of Mohammed in Medina after driven out of Mecca. The Constitution of Medina (دستور المدينة, Dustūr al-Madīnah), also known as the Charter of Medina (Arabic: صحيفة المدينة, Ṣaḥīfat al-Madīnah; or: ميثاق المدينة, Mīthāq al-Madīnah "Covenant of Medina"), was drawn up on behalf of the Islamic prophet Muhammad shortly after his arrival at Medina (then known as Yathrib) in 622 CE (or 1 AH), following the Hijra from Mecca.
Biography of Montesquieu (excerpt)
Charles-Louis de Secondat, baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu (before January 18, 1689 in Bordeaux – February 10, 1755), more commonly known as Montesquieu, was a French social commentator and political thinker who lived during the Enlightenment. He is famous for his articulation of the theory of separation of powers, taken for granted in modern discussions of government and implemented in many constitutions throughout the world.
Biography of Tamerlane (excerpt)
Timur (Chagatai Turkic: تیمور - Tēmōr, "iron") (April 9, 1336 birth time source: Marc Penfield) – 19 February 1405), among his other names, he is commonly called as Tamerlane. He was a 14th century Turco-Mongol conqueror of much of western and central Asia, and founder of the Timurid Empire and Timurid dynasty (1370–1405) in Central Asia, which survived until 1857.
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Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a 96-mile (154 km) border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, the North Sea to the northeast and the Irish Sea to the south.
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Łódź, written in English as Lodz, is the third-largest city in Poland and a former industrial centre. Located in the central part of the country, it has a population of 679,941 (2019). It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately 120 kilometres (75 mi) south-west of Warsaw.
Biography of Al-Biruni (excerpt)
Abu Rayhan al-Biruni (4 September 973 (birth time and date source: Roscoe Hope quotes "Arabic Astrology" in AA 6/82. Calculated by Al-Ghadanfa) – 1048 or 1052) was a Persian scholar and polymath. He has been variously called as the "founder of Indology", "Father of Comparative Religion", "Father of modern geodesy", and the first anthropologist.
Biography of Alphonsus Maria de Liguori (excerpt)
Italian Doctor of the Catholic Church, spiritual writer, and founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer or Redemptorists, an influential religious order.
Biography of Domenico Scarlatti (excerpt)
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti (October 26, 1685 – July 23, 1757) was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in Spain and Portugal. He was extremely influential in the development of the Classical period in music through his individual style, though he lived mostly during the Baroque era.
Biography of Carolus von Linne (excerpt)
Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as Carl von Linné, (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, physician and zoologist who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of nomenclature. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy.
Biography of Edward, the Black Prince (excerpt)
Edward of Woodstock, Prince of Wales, KG (15 June 1330 – 8 June 1376), popularly known as the Black Prince, was the eldest son of King Edward III of England and Philippa of Hainault, and father to King Richard II of England.
Biography of Christoph Willibald Gluck (excerpt)
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck (born 2 July 1714 Erasbach, Upper Palatinate; died 15 Nov 1787 in Vienna) was a composer of the 18th century, most noted for his operatic works. After many years at the Habsburg court at Vienna, Gluck brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices that many intellectuals had been campaigning for over the years.
Biography of Samuel Johnson (excerpt)
Samuel Johnson (September 18 (7 Old Style) 1709 (birth time source: Lois Rodden) – 13 December 1784), often referred to simply as Dr Johnson, is one of England's best known literary figures: an essayist, biographer, poet, lexicographer and a critic of English Literature.
Biography of Prince William, Duke of Gloucester (excerpt)
Prince William of Denmark and Norway, Duke of Gloucester (24 July 1689 (3 August, Gregorian calendar) – 29 July 1700) was the only child of Princess Anne of Denmark and Norway (later Queen of Great Britain) to survive infancy. His father was Prince George of Denmark and Norway.
Biography of Saint Faith (excerpt)
Saint Faith or Saint Faith of Conques (Latin: Sancta Fides; French: Sainte-Foy; Spanish: Santa Fe) is a saint who is said to have been a girl or young woman of Agen in Aquitaine. Her legend recounts how she was arrested during persecution of Christians by the Roman Empire and refused to make pagan sacrifices even under torture.
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Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), is the second-largest city in Russia. It is situated on the Neva River, at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea, with a population of roughly 5.
Biography of Antoine Watteau (excerpt)
Jean-Antoine Watteau (October 10, 1684 – July 18, 1721) was a French painter whose brief career spurred the revival of interest in colour and movement (in the tradition of Correggio and Rubens), and revitalized the waning Baroque idiom, which eventually became known as Rococo.
Biography of Charles V of France (excerpt)
Charles V (21 January 1338 – 16 September 1380), called the Wise, was King of France from 1364 to his death and a member of the House of Valois. His reign marked a high point for France during the Hundred Years' War, with his armies recovering much of the territory ceded to England at the Treaty of Brétigny.
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Kolkata, also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, the city is approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) west of the border with Bangladesh.
Biography of Alexander Pope (excerpt)
Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744) is generally regarded as the greatest English poet of the eighteenth century, best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer. He is the third most frequently quoted writer in the English language, after Shakespeare and Tennyson.
Biography of Jacques François Stuart (excerpt)
Prince James, Prince of Wales (James Francis Edward Stuart; "The Old Pretender" or "The Old Chevalier"; 10 June (20 June, Gregorian calendar) 1688 – 1 January 1766) was the son of the deposed James II and VII. As such, he claimed the English, Scottish and Irish thrones (as James III and VIII) from the death of his father in 1701, when he was proclaimed king of England, Scotland and Ireland by his cousin Louis XIV of France.
Biography of Giovanni Pergolesi (excerpt)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (Iesi, near Ancona, January 3, 1710 – Pozzuoli, March 16/17, 1736) was an Italian composer, violinist and organist. Pergolesi studied music at Iesi under a local musician, Francesco Santini, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others.
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Nassau is the capital and largest city of the Bahamas. With a population of 274,400 as of 2016, or just over 70% of the entire population of the Bahamas (≈391,000), Nassau is commonly defined as a primate city, dwarfing all other towns in the country.
Biography of Alexei Petrovich, Tsarevich of Russia (excerpt)
Alexei Petrovich Romanov (Russian: Алексей Петрович) (28 February 1690 – 7 July 1718), was a Russian Tsarevich. He was born in Moscow, the son of Tsar Peter I and his first wife Eudoxia Lopukhina. Childhood The young Alexei was brought up by his mother, who fostered an atmosphere of disdain towards Peter the Great, Alexei's father.
Biography of John I of Portugal (excerpt)
Joao I (Portugues: João, Lisbon, 11 April 1357 – Lisbon, 14 August 1433), called the Good (sometimes the Great) or of Happy Memory, was the tenth King of Portugal and the Algarve and the first to use the title Lord of Ceuta.
Biography of Charles de Bourbon-Charolais (excerpt)
Charles de Bourbon, Count of Charolais (19 June, 1700 – 23 July, 1760) was a French noble. As a member of the reigni prince of the Blood. A son of Louis III, Prince of Condé, he was made governor of Touraine in 1720.
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Cardiff, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff) is the capital city and one of the principal areas of Wales. It is Wales' largest city and the eleventh-largest city in the United Kingdom. Cardiff is the county town of the historic county of Glamorgan and in 1974–1996 of South Glamorgan.
Biography of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (excerpt)
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC (15 November 1708 (26 November, Gregorian calendar) – 11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his greatest fame as Secretary of State during the Seven Years' War, as known in Great Britain and Canada (known as the French and Indian War in the U.
Biography of Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (excerpt)
Thomas of Woodstock, 1st Duke of Gloucester (4 January 1355 – 8 or 9 September 1397) was the thirteenth and youngest child of King Edward III of England and Queen Philippa. He was the fifth of the five sons of Edward III who survived to adulthood.
Biography of Louis, Count of Clermont (excerpt)
Louis de Bourbon, Count of Clermont (15 June 1709 – 16 June 1771) was a member of the cadet Bourbon-Condé branch of the French royal house. He is known for leading French forces in Germany during the Seven Years War where he took command in 1758 following the failed French Invasion of Hanover.
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Vaduz is the capital of Liechtenstein and also the seat of the national parliament. The city, which is located along the Rhine River, has 5,696 residents. The most prominent landmark of Vaduz is Vaduz Castle, being perched atop a steep hill in the middle of the city.
Biography of Juniper Serra (excerpt)
Fray Junípero Serra (known as Fra Juníper Serra, in Catalan, his mother tongue) (November 24, 1713 – August 28, 1784) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who founded the mission chain in Alta California. Fr. Serra was beatified by John Paul II on September 25, 1988.
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Ponce is both a city and a municipality on the southern coast of Puerto Rico. The city is the seat of the municipal government. Ponce, Puerto Rico's most populated city outside the San Juan metropolitan area, was founded on 12 August 1692 and is named for Juan Ponce de León y Loayza, the great-grandson of Spanish conquistador Juan Ponce de León.
Biography of Maurice de Saxe (excerpt)
Maurice, Count of Saxony (German: Hermann Moritz von Sachsen, French: Maurice de Saxe; 28 October 1696 (7 November, Gregorian calendar) – 20 November 1750) was a notable soldier, officer and a famed military commander of the 18th century. The illegitimate son of Augustus II the Strong, King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and Elector of Saxony, he initially served in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire, then the Imperial Army, before finally entering French service.
Biography of Francesco Maria Veracini (excerpt)
Francesco Maria Veracini (1 February 1690 (birth time source: Wikipedia: "Francesco Maria Veracini was born at about 8:00am on 1 February 1690 in the family house on the via Palazzuolo, parish of San Salvatore, Ognissanti, Florence (Hill 1979, 7).") – 31 October 1768) was an Italian composer and violinist, perhaps best known for his sets of violin sonatas.
Biography of Henry Fielding (excerpt)
Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the comic novel Tom Jones. Additionally, he holds a significant place in the history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a magistrate to found (with his half-brother John) what some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners.
Biography of Luise Gottsched (excerpt)
Luise Adelgunde Victorie Gottsched (born Kulmus, 11 April 1713 – 26 June 1762) was a German poet, playwright, essayist, and translator, and is often considered one of the founders of modern German theatrical comedy. She was born in Danzig (Gdańsk), Royal Prussia (Crown of Poland).
Biography of Anne-Marie du Boccage (excerpt)
Anne-Marie Fiquet du Boccage, née Le Page, (22 October 1710 – 8 August 1802) was an 18th-century French writer, poet, and playwright. In February 1748, she published a translation in six cantos of Milton's Paradise Lost, which she dedicated to the Rouen Academy.
Biography of Françoise de Graffigny (excerpt)
Françoise de Graffigny, née Françoise d'Issembourg du Buisson d'Happoncourt (11 February 1695 - 12 December 1758), better known as Madame de Graffigny, was a French novelist, playwright and salon hostess. Initially famous as the author of Lettres d'une Péruvienne, a novel published in 1747, she became the world's best-known living woman writer after the success of her sentimental comedy Cénie in 1750.
Biography of Marie-Louise Mignot (excerpt)
Marie Louise Mignot (1712–1790) was a French literary figure. She was the daughter of Voltaire's sister, Catherine Arouet (1686–1726) and her husband Pierre-François Mignot (d. 1737). After the death of her widowed father in 1737, Voltaire provided her with a dowry Madame Denis.
Biography of William Cullen (excerpt)
William Cullen FRS FRSE FRCPE (15 April 1710 – 5 February 1790), a Scottish physician, chemist, and agriculturalist, was a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and at the Edinburgh Medical School. Friends with David Hume, Joseph Black, and Adam Smith, he was also President of the Royal College of Physicians in Glasgow and Edinburgh, and First Physician to the King in Scotland.
Biography of Peter Faneuil (excerpt)
Peter Faneuil (June 20, 1700 (July 1, Gregorian calendar) – March 3, 1743) was a wealthy American colonial merchant, slave trader and philanthropist who donated Faneuil Hall to Boston. Peter Faneuil was the eldest child of a wealthy Huguenot family that fled France. |
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