156) Mary Read Not Every Female Pirate Gets an Orlando Bloom in the End Born: 1685, England (Present-day United Kingdom) Died: 28 April 1721, Port Royal, Jamaica Pirate who had an unfortunate childhood—her father and brother died around the time of her birth and in order to get her paternal grandmother’s support in raising her,…
155) Grace O’Malley Ireland’s Pirate Queen Born: c.1530, Ireland (Present-day County Mayo, Republic of Ireland) Died: 1603, Rockfleet Castle, Ireland (Present-day County Mayo, Republic of Ireland) Original Gaelic Name: Grainne Ni Maille Irish Chieftain and Pirate. She was born into the Gaelic Aristocracy and was the only child of a local leader (the way Ireland…
154) Mary Anne Arnold Sailor and Cross Dresser who was Implored to Start Wearing Dresses Again Once the Captain Learned her True Gender Born: c1825 Death Date Unknown Her places of birth and death are also unknown Mary’s mother died when she was ten leaving her in charge of her eighteen-month-old sister (she had two…
153) Pingyang Chinese General who led 70,000 soldiers to topple one of the worst a**holes to ever proclaim himself Emperor of anything Born: c598, Most Likely Modern Day China Died: 14 March 623, Modern Day China She was the daughter of a military general and a doting wife in her younger years. The emperor ordered…
“It is not as a woman descended from noble ancestry, but as one of the people I am avenging lost freedom, my scourged body, the outraged chastity of my daughters. In this battle, you must conquer or die. This is a woman’s resolve; as for men, they may live or be slaves.” (Attributed to but…
151) Trưng Nhị Vietnamese Rebel Leader who briefly created and controlled an autonomous state free from Chinese Oppression Birth Date Unknown, she may have been born in Northern Vietnam Died: 43 AD, Vietnam Trắc, Nhị, and other members of the aristocracy succeeded, for a few years in any case, of creating a free Vietnamese State,…
160) Martin “Marty” Sklar International Ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering Born: 6 February 1934, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America Died: 27 July 2017, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States of America Disney Imagineering is a Subsidiary Company that designs and constructs Disney Theme Parks and Resorts Worldwide. Marty worked Personally with Walt…
159) Sergeant Charles Floyd The Only Member of the Corps of Discovery to Die on the Expedition Born: 1782, Present-Day St. Matthew’s, Kentucky, United States of America Died: 20 August 1804, Present-Day Sioux City, Iowa, United States of America He was a non-commissioned Sergeant and One of the first to volunteer for the Corps of…
158) Ruan An One of the lead architects of the Forbidden City Born: 1381, Present Day Vietnam Died: 1453 Original Name: Nguyễn An He was a Ming Dynasty Eunuch, Architect, and Hydraulics Specialist whose true ethnic identity was hidden by Chinese Historians for centuries. He was a Vietnamese Man captured by the Chinese and brought…
157) Suitbert Godfrey Mollinger Founded St. Anthony’s Chapel in Pittsburgh, which is Home to 5,000 Catholic Relics Born: 19 April 1828, Antwerp, Kingdom of Belgium (Present-day Antwerp, Belgium) Died: 15 June 1892, Troy Hill, Pennsylvania, United States of America Father Mollinger came to America in the 1850’s and managed to settle in the Pittsburgh area….