187: Anne of Cleves German Born English Queen and the Fourth Wife of Henry VIII Born: 22 September 1515, Present-day Düsseldorf, Germany Died: 16 July 1557, Chelsea, London, England (Present-day United Kingdom) They married after Henry decided he needed to form a political alliance with her brother who was a leader of Protestants in Western…
A: Aaliyah Haughton, Singer and Actress Abba Kovner, Founder of the Jewish Avengers Abdul Sattar Edhi, now that’s how you be a humanitarian Abella of Salerno, One of the First Women Ever Employed at a Medical School Abigail Faulkner Sr., Accused of being a Salem Witch Abigail Johnson, you think Oprah’s rich right? Pssh Abigail…
The First 100 Entries: Hypatia of Alexandria, she’s my number one for a reason Mary Anning, the mother of paleontology Ada Lovelace, she created computer codes 100 years before computers were invented Hertha Ayrton, inventor and electrical engineer Nettie Stevens, geneticist who worked on the theory of sex determination Marie Skłodowska Curie, you know her…
1024: Agnes Howard The Duchess with Two Step-Granddaughter Queens Born: c.1477-1480, Present-day Skirbeck, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom Died: May 1545, Present-day Thetford, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom Also Known As: Agnes Tilney or Agnes Tylney Agnes is best known today for being the step-grandmother to both Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard, who both went on to…
667: Mary Boleyn Carey Stafford Mistress of Henry VIII of England Born: c.1508, Norfolk, England (Present-day Norfolk, United Kingdom) Died: June or July 1543, Presumably England (Present-day England, United Kingdom) Mary was the king’s mistress before her sister Anne married him. Historians cannot exactly pinpoint which sister was elder, but if one believes Anne was…
This page categorizes the names of men and women who have popped up most throughout my research. While it seems to be a running joke in some schools that each grade has four Mary’s, in this case, I’ve identified that to be a historical fact more than an outlier. The most popular names I’ve identified…
These are the People born in the country of Germany, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map, or a person born in that region before Germany came to be, including the regions of East and West Germany. Entries: Albert Göring, Proof Evil Doesn’t Run in Families Alexandra of Bavaria,…
Some of them wore the crown, others were surrounded by it. In either case, here are those who were near the throne for some period of their lives. Entries: The Royals: Ruled In Africa: Ahhotep I, Egyptian Queen Ahmose-Nefertari, Egyptian Queen Amanirenas, Warrior Queen of Kush Ankhesenamun, Egyptian Queen Ankhesenpepi I,Egyptian Queen Ankhesenpepi II,Egyptian Queen…
190: Catherine Howard English Queen and the Fifth Wife of Henry VIII Born: c.1522, London, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 13 February 1542, Tower Green, Tower of London, England (Present-day United Kingdom) She was Henry’s second of three Catherines and served as Queen Consort for one year. Henry first started to consider her for marriage…