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Biography of George Washington (excerpt)
George Washington (February 22, 1732 (birth time source: birth certificate) – December 14, 1799) led America's Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and in 1789 was elected the first President of the United States of America.
Biography of Marquis de Sade (excerpt)
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade (2 June 1740 – 2 December 1814) (French: ), was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer, famous for his libertine sexuality. His works include novels, short stories, plays, dialogues, and political tracts; in his lifetime some were published under his own name, while others appeared anonymously and de Sade denied being their author.
Biography of Immanuel Kant (excerpt)
Immanuel Kant (22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher and one of the central Enlightenment thinkers. Kant's comprehensive and systematic works in epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, and aesthetics have made him one of the most influential figures in modern Western philosophy.
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 Catherine the Great (excerpt)
Catherine II of Russia, reigned as Empress of Russia from June 28, 1762 until her death. She thus ruled for 34 years — the longest reign in Russia after the establishment of the Russian Empire in 1721. She lived for 67 years, longer than any Russian emperor; and longer than any Russian monarch since Grand Prince Vladimir Monomakh of Kievan Rus, who died in 1125 aged 72.
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.
Biography of Madame de Pompadour (excerpt)
Madame de Pompadour (December 29, 1721 – April 15, 1764) was a well known courtesan and the famous mistress of King Louis XV of France. Early life Madame de Pompadour was born Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson on December 29, 1721 in 18th century Paris. It is suspected that her biological father was the rich financier Le Normant de Tournehem, who became her legal guardian when her official father was forced to leave the country in 1725 after a scandal.
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Data source for this event: Marc Penfiled, on the website astrologysoftware New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With an estimated population of 390,144 in 2019, it is the most populous city in Louisiana.
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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 John Adams (politician) (excerpt)
John Adams, Jr. (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the second President of the United States (1797–1801). He also served as America's first Vice President (1789–1797). He was defeated for re-election in the "Revolution of 1800" by Thomas Jefferson.
Biography of William the Conqueror (excerpt)
William I of England (William the Conqueror; October 14, 1028 (Julian calendar)(birth time source: Marc Penfield, date in question) – 9 September 1087) was a medieval monarch. He ruled as the Duke of Normandy from 1035 to 1087 and as King of England from 1066 to 1087.
Biography of Omar Khayyám (excerpt)
Ghiyās od-Dīn Abul-Fatah Omār ibn Ibrāhīm Khayyām Nishābūrī (Persian: غیاث الدین ابو الفتح عمر بن ابراهیم خیام نیشابوری) or Omar Khayyam (b. May 18, 1048 Nishapur, (Persia) – d. December 4, 1131), was a Persian poet, mathematician, philosopher and astronomer who lived in Persia.
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 Franz Joseph Haydn (excerpt)
Franz Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 – May 31, 1809) was one of the most prominent composers of the Classical period, and is called by some the "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet". A life-long resident of Austria, Haydn spent most of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family on their remote estate.
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.
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San Antonio (in Spanish, "Saint Anthony"), officially the City of San Antonio, is the seventh-most populous city in the United States, and the second-most populous city in both Texas and the Southern United States, with 1,547,253 residents in 2019. Founded as a Spanish mission and colonial outpost in 1718, the city became the first chartered civil settlement in present-day Texas in 1731.
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.
Biography of Maria Theresa (excerpt)
(Not to be confused with Maria Theresa of Austria (1816-1867) or Maria Theresa of Spain) Maria Theresa, Holy Roman Empress, Queen of Bohemia and Hungary, Archduchess of Austria, (German: Maria Theresia, Hungarian: Mária Terézia, Romanian: Maria Tereza, Slovak: Mária Terézia, Czech: Marie Terezie; May 13, 1717 – November 29, 1780) was (reigning) Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary and Bohemia.
Biography of James Cook (excerpt)
Captain James Cook FRS RN (7 November 1728 (October 27 O.S.)(birth time source: Gwen Stoney, from a biography of J.C. Beaglehole (conflicting/unverified data)) – 14 February 1779) was an English explorer, navigator and cartographer. Ultimately rising to the rank of Captain in the Royal Navy, Cook was the first to map Newfoundland prior to making three voyages to the Pacific Ocean during which he achieved the first European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia, the European discovery of the Hawaiian Islands, and the first recorded circumnavigation of New Zealand.
Biography of Grigory Potemkin (excerpt)
Prince Grigory Aleksandrovich Potemkin-Tauricheski (September 24 (O.S. September 17) 1739 – October 16 (O.S. October 5) 1791) was a Russian military leader, statesman, nobleman and favourite of Catherine the Great. He died during negotiations over the Treaty of Jassy, which ended a war with the Ottoman Empire that he had overseen.
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Baton Rouge is the capital city of the U.S. state of Louisiana. On the eastern bank of the Mississippi River, it is the parish seat of East Baton Rouge Parish, the most-populous parish in Louisiana. Since 2019, the city of Baton Rouge has been the 100th-most-populous city in the United States, and second-largest city in Louisiana after New Orleans.
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 Thomas Paine (excerpt)
Thomas Paine (Thetford, England, 29 January (9 February, Gregorian calendar) 1737 – 8 June 1809, New York City, U.S.) was a pamphleteer, revolutionary, radical, classical liberal and intellectual. Born in Great Britain, he lived in America, having migrated to the American colonies just in time to take part in the American Revolution, mainly as the author of the powerful, widely read pamphlet, Common Sense (1776), advocating independence for the American Colonies from the Kingdom of Great Britain and of The American Crisis, supporting the Revolution.
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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.
Biography of Franz Anton Mesmer (excerpt)
Franz Anton Mesmer (May 23, 1734 – March 5, 1815) discovered what he called magnétisme animal (animal magnetism) and others often called mesmerism. The evolution of Mesmer's ideas and practices led James Braid (1795-1860) to develop hypnosis in 1842. Early life
Biography of George III of the United Kingdom (excerpt)
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 1738 (birth time source: Miss Pamela Clark, Deputy Registrar of the Royal Archives) – 29 January 1820 ) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death in 1820.
Biography of Jean-François de La Pérouse (excerpt)
Jean François de Galaup, comte de La Pérouse (August 23, 1741 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – 1788.) was a French Navy officer and explorer whose expedition vanished in Oceania. Early career Jean-François de Galaup was born near Albi, France. La Pérouse was the name of a family property that he added to his name.
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 John Hancock (excerpt)
John Hancock (January 23, 1737 – October 8, 1793) was a Massachusetts merchant and prominent patriot of the American Revolution. He served as President of the Second Continental Congress and was the first Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, but is most famous for his prominent signature on the United States Declaration of Independence.
Biography of Leopold Mozart (excerpt)
Johann Georg Leopold Mozart (November 14, 1719 – May 28, 1787) was a composer, music teacher and violinist. He is best known today for being the father and teacher of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, as well as for writing the violin textbook Versuch einer gründlichen Violinschule.
Biography of Proclus (excerpt)
Proclus Lycaeus (February 8, 412 – April 17, 485), surnamed "The Successor" or "diadochos" (Greek Πρόκλος ὁ Διάδοχος Próklos ho Diádokhos), was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, one of the last major Greek philosophers (see Damascius). He set forth one of the most elaborate, complex, and fully developed Neoplatonic systems.
Biography of Paul Revere (excerpt)
Paul Revere (December 22, 1734 (OS) / January 1, 1735 (NS) – May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith and a patriot in the American Revolution. Because he was glorified after his death for his role as a messenger in the battles of Lexington and Concord, Revere's name and his "midnight ride" are well-known in the United States as a patriotic symbol.
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 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.
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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 Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (excerpt)
Joseph II (Joseph Benedikt Anton Michael Adam; March 13, 1741 – February 20, 1790) was Holy Roman Emperor from 1765 to 1790 and ruler of the Habsburg lands from 1780 to 1790. He was the eldest son of Empress Maria Theresa and her husband, Francis I.
Biography of Beaumarchais (excerpt)
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (January 24, 1732 – May 17-18, 1799) was a watch-maker, inventor, musician, politician, invalid, fugitive, spy, publisher, arms-dealer, and revolutionary (both French and American). He was best known, however, for his theatrical works, especially the three Figaro plays.
Biography of Martha Washington (excerpt)
Martha Custis Washington (née Dandridge) (June 2, 1731 (June 13, Gregorian calendar) – May 22, 1802) was the wife of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Although the title was not coined until after her death, Martha Washington is considered to be the first First Lady of the United States.
Biography of Claude-Adrien Helvétius (excerpt)
Claude Adrien Helvétius (26 January 1715 (sources differ) – 26 December 1771) was a French philosopher and littérateur. Life Claude Adrien Helvétius was born in Paris, France, and was descended from a family of physicians, originally surnamed Schweitzer (literally "Swissman"; Latinized as Helvétius).
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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.
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The source for this event comes from the on-line encyclopedia encyclopediavirginia.org Richmond is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. It is the center of the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and the Greater Richmond Region. Richmond was incorporated in 1742 and has been an independent city since 1871.
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 Samuel Adams (excerpt)
Samuel Adams (September 27 1722 (birth time source: Sy Scholfield) – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. As a politician in colonial Massachusetts, Adams was a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and was one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped the political culture of the United States. |
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