346: Tamar of Georgia King of Georgia Born: c.1160, Georgia Died: 18 January 1213, Georgia Also Known As: Tamar the Great Tamar ruled over the Georgian Golden Age (and we mean the country of Georgia, not the place with the busiest airport in the United States). She was the first woman to rule Georgia independently…
345: Fu Hao She Did a Lot of Cool Stuff In Her Life, Let’s Just Start There Unknown Birth Date, Present-day China Died: c.1200 BC, Present-day China Military general, high priestess, shaman, estate owner, and one of the many consorts of Emperor Wu Ding of the Shang Dynasty; Fu was held in incredibly high esteem…
344: Tomoe Gozen Samurai Warrior and Leader in the Genpei War Born: c.1157, Japan Died: c.1247, Japan The Genpei War would eventually led to the first Shogunate in Japan; a Civil War responsible for ending Japan’s illustrious Heian Period. After the man who has been considered everything from Tomoe’s master to her husband or perhaps…
343: Marsha P Johnson Transwoman and LGBT+ Activist From The 1960’s to The 1990’s in New York City Born: 24 August 1945, Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States of America Died: 6 July 1992, Greenwich Village, New York, United States of America Marsha was also an HIV/AIDS Awareness and Education Advocate. Today she is most remembered…
342: Catterina Vizzani Italian Woman Who Disguised Herself as a Man Born: c.1718, Rome, Italy Died: 1743, Italy Alternate Name: Giovanni Bordoni Catterina was known in her time for seducing and having affairs with multiple women (and remember, most still thought she was a man at the time). She ended up seducing the daughter of…
These are the People born in the country of Senegal, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map, or a person born in that region before Senegal came to be. Entries: Anna Kingsley, From Jolof Princess to Slave to Plantation Overseer Khoudia Diop, Model and Activist Phillis Wheatley, The First…
341: Phillis Wheatley The First Published African American Female Poet Born: c.1753, Senegal (Or Gambia, The Exact Location is Disputed) Died: 5 December 1784, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America Phillis was a slave and simultaneously one of the best-known poets of her time, writing around 145 poems in her lifetime. After being purchased to…
These are the People born in the country of Vietnam, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map, or a person born in that region before Vietnam came to be. Entries: Ruan An, Eunuch Who Designed China’s Forbidden City Stephanie Murphy, Member of the US House of Representatives Thích Quảng…
These are the People born in the countries that make up the United Kingdom, whether it be the modern countries as we see them on the map, or a person born in that region before the United Kingdom came to be. For those unaware, the United Kingdom currently encompasses: England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands,…
These are the People born in the country of Ukraine, whether it be the modern country as we see it on the map, or a person born in that region before Ukraine came to be. And while tensions in the Crimean Peninsula are…tense…to say the least, at this moment, I have included those born in…