45) Françoise-Athénaïs de Rochechouart de Mortemart She’s Better Known as the Marquise de Montespan or Simply Madame de Montespan Born: 5 October 1640, Lussac-les-Châteaux, France Died: May 27, 1707, Bourbon-l’Archambault, France Mistress for Louis XIV of France She first met the king in the early 1660’s as a member of the Queen’s household but she…
44) James Bulloch The Roots of the Confederacy Reached far Further Than You Know Born: 25 June 1823, Savannah, Georgia, United States of America Died: 7 January 1901, Liverpool, United Kingdom He served as the primary naval agent for the Confederate States of America in Europe (Primarily the United Kingdom). James was also responsible for…
44) Diane de Poitiers Mistresses Get it Done Born: 9 January 1500, Saint-Vallier, France Died: 25 April 1566, Anet, France Mistress for Henry II of France. She was basically queen without the title while the real queen (Catherine de Medici) was forced to the sidelines. Diane was a patron to poets and the arts. The…
43) Timothy O’Sullivan The man who made the horrific beautiful and the austere, serene Born: 1840, Ireland (Or possibly New York State) Died: 14 January 1882, Staten Island, New York, United States of America Photographer most known for his work during the War Between the States and later of the American West in general. Very…
43) Agnes Sorel The woman who invented the title Mistress of the King Born: c. 1422, Yzeures-sur-Creuse, France Died: February 9, 1450, Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges, France She was the first woman to be named the official mistress of the king–for King Charles VII of France—changing the history of European monarchy forever. When Agnès rose to her…
42) Oscar Swahn He’s proof that being old doesn’t mean a thing Born: October 20, 1847, Götaland (Modern Day Sweden) Died: 1 May 1927, Stockholm, Sweden He competed in three different Olympic Games and won six medals; and as of 2016 continues to be the oldest athlete to ever compete in the Olympic Games. In…
42) Meritaten “She Who is Beloved of Aten” Born: Possibly Before c.1353 BC, Possibly Thebes, Ancient Egypt (Present-day Luxor, Egypt) Died: Possibly Around 1134 BC, Ancient Egypt Notes: Before I explain who Meritaten was, I feel like I need to explain what was happening in her native land at the time of her life. Meritaten…
41) Nick Yarris His Life Story is a Wild Ride from Start to Finish Born: 1961, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America He was wrongly convicted of murder, rape, and abduction and served twenty-one years in prison–on death row. Nick was pulled over for a traffic violation, but the situation quickly escalated into him being…
41) Melania Trump Be Best, and if you have something not very nice to say, remember not to type it–in this case–at all Born: 26 April 1970, Novo Mesto, Yugloslav Republic of Slovenia (Today just Slovenia) Melania was the former First Lady of the United States; she served during her husband President Donald Trump’s Administration…
40) Eugene Lazowski Sometimes I Really Love Science Born: 1913, Częstochowa, Russian Controlled Poland (Present-day Częstochowa, Poland) Died: 16 December 2006, Eugene, Oregon, United States of America Dr. Lazowski has also been called the Polish Schindler. He saved thousands of Jewish lives in his native Poland by creating a fake epidemic. Apparently, the Nazis didn’t…