1139: Aglaonice The First Female Astronomer of Ancient Greece Lived: c. 3rd Century BC, Thessaly, Ancient Greece Aglaonice was thought of as a Sorceress because she could predict when lunar eclipses would happen. She is mentioned in the histories written by Plutarch and Apollonius of Rhodes. Little else of her life is known today. One…
Category: Birth Locations
1138) Zoë Porphyrogenita
1138: Zoë Porphyrogenita Byzantine Empress Born: c.978 AD, Constantine, Byzantine Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Died: c.1050 AD, Constantine, Byzantine Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Zoë was married to the heir presumptive, Romanus III Argyrus, and became the empress consort upon his ascension. However, Zoë didn’t really like her husband to say the least and became very…
1137) Theodora III
1137: Theodora III Byzantine Empress Born: c.984 AD, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Died: 1056 AD, Constantinople, Byzantine Empire (Present-day Istanbul, Turkey) Also Known As: Theodora Porphyrogenita Theodora was the daughter of Constantine VIII. Theodora spent most of her life in and out of convents and was placed there by her own sister on…
1136) Sophie Blanchard
1136: Sophie Blanchard The First Professional Female Balloonist Born: 25 March 1778, La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France Died: 6 July 1819, Paris, France Birth Name: Marie Madeleine-Sophie Armant According to some sources, Sophie was afraid of riding in a carriage and was very nervous when on the ground, but once she was in the air Sophie…
Entries Born in Chile
These are the entries born in the country of Chile. Entries: Sophia Hayden, The First Female Graduate of MIT’s Architectural Program
1135) Sophia Hayden
1135: Sophia Hayden Bennett Architect and Artist Born: 17 October 1868, Santiago, Chile Died: 3 February 1953, Winthrop, Massachusetts, United States of America Sophia was born to a Peruvian mother and an American father. She spent her first six years in Chile, before moving to the United States to live with her paternal grandparents. Sophia…
1134) Puabi
1134: Puabi Occupant of One of the Most Preserved Tombs in Mesopotamian History Lived: c.2,600 BC, Ur, Sumer (Present-day Iraq) Also Known As: Shub-Ad or Shudi-Ad Her name means “Word of My Father” and her tomb was excavated in the mid 1920’s to mid 1930’s (the exact years are different in various sources). Her grave…
1133) Rosana Chouteau
1133: Rosana Chouteau The First Woman Elected Chief of the Osage Beaver Band Birth and Death Dates Unknown (Most likely born in the Indian Territory, known today as Oklahoma, United States of America) Very little information about Rosana is known for certain today. She was elected as chieftain after the death of her uncle in…
1132) Puduhepa
1132: Puduhepa Hittite Queen Born: c.1289 BCE, Lawanzantiyas, Kizzuwatna (Present-day Adana Province, Turkey) Died: after 1215 BCE, Most Likely Somewhere in the Hittite Empire Also Known As: Tawananna Puduhepa was married to Hattusili III and has been referred to as “one of the most influential women known from the Ancient Near East.” Unlike the vast…
1131) Prudence Crandall
“I contemplated for a while the manner in which I might best serve the people of color. As wealth was not mine, I saw no other means of benefiting them, than by imparting to those of my own sex that were anxious to learn, all the instruction I might be able to give, however small…