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Biography of Facteur Cheval (excerpt)
Ferdinand Cheval (1836 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, departmental archives) – 19 August 1924), was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building an "Ideal Palace" (French Palais idéal) which is regarded as an extraordinary example of naïve art architecture. ![]()
Biography of Camillo Cavour (excerpt)
Camillo Paolo Filippo Giulio Benso, Conte di Cavour, Conte di Isolabella e Leri (August 10, 1810 – June 7, 1861) was a leading figure in the movement toward Italian unification. He was the founder of the original Italian Liberal Party and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Piedmont-Sardinia, a position he maintained (except for a six-month resignation) throughout the Second Italian War of Independence and Garibaldi's campaigns to unite Italy. ![]()
Biography of Sully Prudhomme (excerpt)
René-François-Armand (Sully) Prudhomme (Paris, France, March 16, 1839 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - Châtenay-Malabry, France, September 6, 1907) was a French poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901. Prudhomme originally studied to be an engineer, but was to turn to philosophy and later to poetry.
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Biography of César Franck (excerpt)
César Franck (December 10, 1822 – November 8, 1890), a composer, organist and music teacher of Belgian and German origin who lived in France, was one of the great figures in classical music in the second half of the 19th century.
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Biography of Lola Montez (excerpt)
Eliza Rosanna Gilbert, Countess of Landsfeld (17 February 1821 – 17 January 1861), better known by the stage name Lola Montez (/moʊnˈtɛz/), was an Irish dancer and actress who became famous as a Spanish dancer, courtesan, and mistress of King Ludwig I of Bavaria, who made her Gräfin von Landsfeld (Countess of Landsfeld). ![]()
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Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (Spanish: República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in the southeastern region of South America. It borders Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, with the Río de la Plata (Silver River) to the south and the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast.
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Biography of Empress Dowager Cixi (excerpt)
Empress Dowager Cixi (Chinese: 慈禧太后; pinyin: Cíxǐ Tàihòu; Wade-Giles: Tz'u-Hsi T'ai-hou) (November 29, 1835 – November 15, 1908), popularly known in China as the West Dowager Empress (Chinese: 西太后), was from the Manchu Yehe Nara Clan. She was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, ruling over China for 48 years from her husband's death in 1861 to her own death in 1908.
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Biography of John Muir (excerpt)
John Muir (21 April 1838 – 24 December 1914) was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of U.S. wilderness. His letters, essays, and books telling of his adventures in nature, especially in the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California, have been read by millions and are still popular today. ![]()
Biography of Hippolyte Fizeau (excerpt)
Armand Hippolyte Louis Fizeau (September 23, 1819-1896), French physicist, was born in Paris. His earliest work was concerned with improvements in photographic processes; and then, in association with J. B. L. Foucault, he engaged in a series of investigations on the interference of light and heat. ![]()
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Indiana is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 United States. Its capital and largest city is Indianapolis. Indiana was admitted to the United States as the 19th state on December 11, 1816.
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Biography of James Garfield (excerpt)
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831–September 19, 1881) was the twentieth President of the United States. He had also served as a major general in the United States Army, and as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield was the second U.
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Biography of Louise Michel (excerpt)
Louise Michel (1830 (birth time source: FDAF, birth certificate) - 1905) was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. She sometimes used the pseudonym Clémence and was also known as the red virgin of Montmartre. Louise Michel was born at the Château of Vroncourt (Haute-Marne) on 29 May 1830, the daughter of a serving-maid, Marianne Michel, and the son of the house, Etienne Charles Demahis.
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Biography of Alexander III of Russia (excerpt)
Alexander III (10 March 1845 – 1 November 1894) reigned as Emperor of Russia from 14 March 1881 until his death in 1894. Early life Alexander was born at St Petersburg, the second son of Tsar Alexander II by his wife Maria Alexandrovna (Marie of Hesse) . ![]()
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Mississippi is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered to the north by Tennessee; to the east by Alabama; to the south by the Gulf of Mexico; to the southwest by Louisiana; and to the northwest by Arkansas. ![]()
Biography of Paul Lacôme d'Estalenx (excerpt)
Paul Lacôme d'Estalenx, born March 3, 1838, Le Houga, died December 12, 1920, Le Houga, was a French musician and composer. Opéra bouffe La Dot mal placée (Livret : Georges Mancel), trois actes (1873) Les Saturnales (Livret : Albin Valabrègue), trois actes (1887) ![]()
Biography of Hetty Green (excerpt)
Henrietta "Hetty" Howland Robinson Green (November 21, 1834 – July 3, 1916) was an American businesswoman, remarkable for her frugality during the Gilded Age, as well as for being the first American woman to make a substantial impact on Wall Street.
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Biography of Pope Leo XIII (excerpt)
Pope Leo XIII (March 2, 1810 (birth time source: birth certificate, Steinbrecher) — July 20, 1903), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was the head of the Catholic Church from 20 February 1878 to his death. He was the oldest pope (reigning until the age of 93), and had the third-longest confirmed pontificate, behind those of Pius IX (his immediate predecessor) and John Paul II.
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Biography of William Bouguereau (excerpt)
William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter. Bouguereau was born in La Rochelle. A student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, he won the Prix de Rome in 1850 and his realistic genre paintings and mythological themes were exhibited at the annual exhibitions of the Paris Salon for his entire working life. ![]()
Biography of Félix Faure (excerpt)
Félix François Faure (30 January 1841 – 16 February 1899) was President of France from 1895 until his death. Félix François Faure was born in Paris, the son of a small furniture maker. Having started as a tanner and merchant at Le Havre, he acquired considerable wealth, was elected to the National Assembly on 21 August 1881, and took his seat as a member of the Left, interesting himself chiefly in matters concerning economics, railways and the navy.
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Biography of Johann Strauss II (excerpt)
Johann Strauss II (in German: Johann Strauß (Sohn), "Johann Strauss (son)"; in English also Johann Strauss the Younger, Johann Strauss Jr., Johann Sebastian Strauss) (October 25, 1825 – June 3, 1899) was an Austrian composer known especially for his waltzes, such as On The Beautiful Blue Danube.
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Biography of William McKinley (excerpt)
William McKinley, Jr. (January 29, 1843 – September 14, 1901) was the twenty-fifth President of the United States, and the last veteran of the Civil War to be elected. By the 1880s, this Ohio native was a nationally known Republican leader; his signature issue was high tariffs on imports as a formula for prosperity, as typified by his McKinley Tariff of 1890. ![]()
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Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala (Spanish: República de Guatemala), is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, Belize and the Caribbean to the northeast, Honduras to the east, El Salvador to the southeast and the Pacific Ocean to the south.
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Biography of Rutherford B. Hayes (excerpt)
Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was an American politician, lawyer, military leader and the nineteenth President of the United States (1877–1881). Hayes was elected President by one electoral vote after the disputed election of 1876. Early life ![]()
Biography of Clément Ader (excerpt)
Clément Ader (April 2, 1841 (birth time source: Didier Geslain) – March 5, 1925) was a French engineer born in Muret, Haute Garonne remembered primarily for his pioneering work in aviation. The inventor Ader innovated in a number of domains of electrical and mechanical engineering.
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Biography of Eugène Viollet-Le-Duc (excerpt)
Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (January 27, 1814 (birth time source: Didier Geslain)) – September 17, 1879) was a French architect and theorist, famous for his "restorations" of medieval buildings. Born in Paris, he was as central a figure in the Gothic Revival in France as he was in the public discourse on "honesty" in architecture, which eventually transcended all revival styles, to inform the moving spirit of Modernism. ![]()
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El Salvador, officially the Republic of El Salvador (Spanish: República de El Salvador), is a country in Central America. It is bordered on the northeast by Honduras, on the northwest by Guatemala, and on the south by the Pacific Ocean. El Salvador's capital and largest city is San Salvador. ![]()
Biography of Urbain Le Verrier (excerpt)
Urbain Jean Joseph Le Verrier (March 11, 1811 – September 23, 1877) was a French mathematician who specialized in celestial mechanics. He worked at the Paris Observatory for most of his life. Le Verrier was born in Saint-Lô, France. Discovery of Neptune Main article: Discovery of Neptune
Biography of Clara Barton (excerpt)
Clarissa Harlowe Barton (December 25, 1821 (birth time source: Lois Rodden) – April 12, 1912) was a pioneer American teacher, nurse, and humanitarian. She has been described as having had an "indomitable spirit" and is best remembered for organizing the American Red Cross. ![]()
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The source comes from legendsofamerica.com when John Sutter first arrived on August 13, 1839. Some other sources give August 12. Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat and largest city of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's estimated 2019 population of 513,625 makes it the sixth-largest city in California and the ninth-largest capital in the United States. ![]()
Biography of Léon Gambetta (excerpt)
Léon Gambetta (April 2, 1838, Cahors - December 31, 1882, Paris) was a French statesman prominent after the Franco-Prussian War. Youth and education He is said to have inherited his vigour and eloquence from his father, a Genoese grocer who had married a Frenchwoman named Massabie. ![]()
Biography of François Bazin (excerpt)
François Emmanuel Joseph Bazin (September 4, 1816 – July 2, 1878) was a French opera composer. Biography François Bazin was born in Marseille. He became a student of Auber at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he later taught harmony. His cantata Loyse de Monfort won the Prix de Rome in 1840.
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Biography of Henry V of England (excerpt)
Henry V (16 September 1386 – 31 August 1422) was one of the most significant English warrior kings of the 15th century. He was born at Monmouth, Wales, in the tower above the gatehouse of Monmouth Castle, and reigned as King of England from 1413 to 1422. ![]()
Biography of Henri-Frédéric Amiel (excerpt)
Henri Frédéric Amiel (September 27, 1821 - May 11, 1881) was a Swiss philosopher, poet and critic. Born in Geneva in 1821, he was descended from a Huguenot family driven to Switzerland by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes. After losing his parents at an early age, Amiel travelled widely, became intimate with the intellectual leaders of Europe, and made a special study of German philosophy in Berlin. ![]()
Biography of Alexandre Cabanel (excerpt)
Alexandre Cabanel (28 September 1823–23 January 1889) was a French painter. Cabanel was born in Montpellier, Hérault. He painted historical, classical and religious subjects in the academic style. He was also well-known as a portrait painter. According to Diccionario Enciclopedico Salvat, Cabanel is the best representative of the L'art pompier and Napoleon III's preferred painter.
Biography of Crazy Horse (Sioux chief) (excerpt)
Crazy Horse ( literally "His-Horse-is-Crazy") (December 4, 1842 (source: Penfield) – September 5, 1877) was a respected war leader of the Oglala Lakota, who fought against the U.S. federal government in an effort to preserve the traditions and values of the Lakota way of life.
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Biography of Stonewall Jackson (excerpt)
Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson (January 20, 1824 – May 10, 1863) was a Confederate general during the American Civil War, and probably the most well-known Confederate commander after General Robert E. Lee. His military career includes the Valley Campaign of 1862 and his service as a corps commander in the Army of Northern Virginia under Robert E.
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Biography of Wild Bill Hickok (excerpt)
James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837 – August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a figure in the American Old West. His skills as a gunfighter and scout, along with his reputation as a lawman, provided the basis for his fame, although some of his exploits are fictionalized. ![]()
Biography of Józef Wieniawski (excerpt)
Józef Wieniawski (23 May 1837 in Lublin – 11 November 1912 in Brussels) was a Polish pianist, composer, conductor and teacher. He was born in Lublin, the younger brother of the famous violinist Henryk Wieniawski. After Franz Liszt, he was the first pianist to publicly perform all the études by Chopin. ![]()
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Rockford is a U.S. city in Winnebago County, Illinois, located in the far northern part of the state. Situated on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County (a small portion of the city is located in Ogle County).
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Biography of Mikhail Lermontov (excerpt)
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (Михаи́л Ю́рьевич Ле́рмонтов Russian pronunciation: ), (October 15 1814 – July 27 1841), a Russian Romantic writer and poet, sometimes called "the poet of the Caucasus", was the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death. ![]()
Biography of Félix Nadar (excerpt)
Félix Nadar was the pseudonym of Gaspard-Félix Tournachon (6 April 1820 (birth time source: Taeger, birth certificate) – 21 March 1910), a French photographer, caricaturist, journalist, novelist and balloonist. Some photographs by Nadar are marked "P. Nadar" for "Photographie Nadar" (see image below).
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Biography of Alexander II of Russia (excerpt)
Alexander (Aleksandr) II Nikolaevich (Russian: Александр II Николаевич) (Moscow, 29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881 in St. Petersburg) was the Emperor of the Russian Empire and Tsar of Russia from 3 March 1855 until his assassination in 1881. He was also the Grand Duke of Finland and King of Poland until 1867 when it was annexed into the Russian Empire. ![]()
Biography of Jefferson Davis (excerpt)
Jefferson Finis Davis (June 3, 1808 – December 6, 1889) was an American politician who served as President of the Confederate States of America for its entire history, 1861 to 1865, during the American Civil War. A West Point graduate, Davis fought in the Mexican-American War as a colonel of a volunteer regiment, and was the United States Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce. ![]()
Biography of Christopher Sholes (excerpt)
Christopher Latham Sholes (February 14, 1819 - February 17, 1890) is an American who contributed to the development of the typewriter. Born in Bath, Pennsylvania, Sholes moved to nearby Danville as a teenager, where he worked as an apprentice to a printer. ![]()
Biography of Alexandra of Denmark (excerpt)
Alexandra of Denmark (Alexandra Carolina Marie Charlotte Louise Julia; 1 December 1844 – 20 November 1925) was Queen Consort to Edward VII of the United Kingdom and thus Empress of India during her husband's reign, 1901 to 1910. Her family had been relatively obscure until her father was chosen with the consent of the great powers to succeed his distant cousin to the Danish throne. ![]()
Biography of Théodore de Banville (excerpt)
Théodore Faullain de Banville (March 14, 1823–March 13, 1891) was a French poet and writer. He was born in Moulins in Allier, Auvergne, the son of a captain in the French navy. His boyhood, by his own account, was cheerlessly passed at a lycée in Paris; he was not harshly treated, but took no part in the amusements of his companions. ![]()
Biography of Abdul Baha (excerpt)
`Abdu'l-Bahá (Arabic: عبد البهاء) (23 May 1844 - 28 November 1921), born `Abbás Effendí, was the son of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith. In 1892, `Abdu'l-Bahá was appointed in his father's will to be his successor and head of the Bahá'í Faith.
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Biography of René Panhard (excerpt)
Louis François René Panhard (27 May 1841, Paris (birth time source: Didier Geslain) - 16 July 1908 La Bourboule, dept. Puy-de-Dôme) was a French engineer, merchant and a pioneer of the automobile industry in France. Having graduated from École Centrale Paris, he was employed by Jean-Louis Périn in a firm that produced wood-working machines, where Panhard met Émile Levassor. ![]()
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Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States, bordered by Tennessee to the north; Georgia to the east; Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south; and Mississippi to the west. Alabama is the 30th largest by area and the 24th-most populous of the U. ![]()
Biography of Elisée Reclus (excerpt)
Élisée Reclus (March 15, 1830 (birth time source: Didier Geslain, birth certificate) – July 4, 1905), also known as Jean Jacques Élisée Reclus, was a renowned French geographer, writer and anarchist. He produced his 19-volume masterwork over a period of nearly 20 years: La Nouvelle Géographic universelle, la terre et les hommes (1875 – 1894). |
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