6: El Chango The Mexican Drug Cartel Monkey Born: c.2021, Presumably Mexico Died: June 2022, Texcaltitlán, Mexico The story of El Chango, or El Changuito (depending on the source) went viral after his death. Photos flooded the internet of a small spider monkey wearing a tactical vest and camouflage. The poor little guy evidently belonged…
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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…
1129) Princess Tarakanova
1129: Princess Tarakanova Pretender to the Russian Throne Born: c.1745-1753, Location Unknown Died: 15 December 1775, St. Petersburg, Imperial Russia (Present-day St. Petersburg, Russia) In 1772, while Catherine the Great ruled Russia, a woman whose true identity remains a mystery appeared and made a claim to the Russian imperial throne. First appearing in France, the…
1109) Alice Kyteler
1109: Dame Alice Kyteler Evil Poisoner or Innocent Victim…? Born: c.1263, Kilkenny, Ireland (Present-day Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland) Died: after 1325, Possibly Dublin, Ireland (Present-day Dublin, Republic of Ireland) Alice was from a wealthy family. Her parents were Norman with some Flemish ancestry mixed in and Alice was the only child in her family. When…
1102) Aung San Suu Kyi
1102: Aung San Suu Kyi The First State Counsellor of Myanmar Born: 19 June 1945, Yangon, Myanmar Aung is the daughter of Myanmar’s political democratic icon General Aung San. Just before Myanmar gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1948, the general was assassinated. Aung was only two years old when her father was…
1099) Fanya Kaplan
1099: Fanya Kaplan Tried to Assassinate Vladimir Lenin Born: 10 February 1890, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire (Present-day Northern Ukraine) Died: 3 September 1918, Moscow, Bolshevik-Controlled Russia (Present-day Moscow, Russia) Original Name: Feiga Chaimovna Roytblat Fanya was one of six or seven children (sources differ) born into a peasant family. All of the children were educated…
1045) Mary Pinchot Meyer
1045: Mary Pinchot Meyer Painter, Writer, DC Socialite, and One of President John F Kennedy’s Mistresses Born: 14 October 1920, New York City, New York, United States of America Died: 12 October 1964, Georgetown, Washington DC, United States of America Mary was born into an upper-class family and had one younger sister. She counted high…
1037) Giulia Tofana
1037: Giulia Tofana Professional Poisoner Born: c.1620, Present-day Palermo, Italy Died: c.1659, Present-day Rome, Italy Giulia is remembered today for the salacious rumor that she helped over six-hundred women poison their husbands to escape their marriages, until finally being brought down by a bowl of soup. Yes, you read that right, six-hundred men. So how…
1025) Tawosret
1025: Tawosret The Last Pharaoh of Egypt’s 19th Dynasty Born: Ancient Egypt Died: c.1190 BC, Ancient Egypt Also Spelled: Twosret or Tausret Tawosret was one of a handful of women to ever become Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt in her own right. Over a four-thousand-year timespan, the only women ever confirmed to have ruled as Pharaoh…
1016) Cixi
“Whoever makes me unhappy for a day, I will make suffer a lifetime.” The Empress’s triumphant return, photo sourced from Empress Dowager Cixi by Jung Chang 1016: Empress Dowager Cixi The Empress who Dragged China into the Modern World Born: 29 November 1835, Beijing, Imperial China (Present-day Beijing, People’s Republic of China) Died: 15 November…