167) Justa Grata Honoria Roman Princess and sister of Roman Emperor Valentinian III who was literally responsible for the collapse of Western Civilization Born: c.416 CE, Ravenna, Roman Empire (Modern Day Italy) Died: c.455 CE, Rome, Roman Empire (Modern Day Italy) Her brother was crowned at the age of six while she was pushed aside…
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184) Henri Charrière
184) Henri Charrière The Real Papillon Behind the Famous Movie (That has Now Also Been Remade by Hollywood) Born: 16 November 1906, Ardèche, France Died: 29 July 1973, Madrid, Spain Memoirist who wrote down his memories of his time in the French Guiana Penal Colony Cayenne (or Devil’s Island), in the 1930’s and 1940’s. While…
157) Anne Bonny
157) Anne Bonny Keira Knightley Who? Born: c.1697, Cork, Ireland (Present-day Republic of Ireland) Died: 1782, Charles Town, The Colony of South Carolina (Present-Day Charleston, South Caroline, United States of America) (Or c.1721 in Port Royal, Jamaica, no one knows for certain) Pirate who was the illegitimate daughter of a lawyer and his servant woman….
156) Mary Read
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
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…
125) Emma H Cunningham
125: Emma Hempstead Cunningham Possible Murderess Born: 15 August 1818, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America Died: September 1878, New York City, New York, United States of America She was accused of murdering the man she was having an affair with—a rich dentist in New York City. When they started their affair, he was…
121) Delphine LaLaurie
121: Delphine LaLaurie Serial Killer Remembered Today for Being Portrayed by Kathy Bates in the Third Season of the Anthology Series American Horror Story: Coven Born: 19 March 1775 (Or 1787, Sources Differ), New Orleans, French Louisiana (Present-day New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America (Or Ireland, again, sources differ) Died: 7 December 1849, Paris,…
113) Isabel Martínez de Perón
113) Isabel Martínez de Perón The First Female Argentinian President Born: 4 February 1931, La Rioja, Argentina Isabel’s husband was president before her and married to Evita—arguably the most popular first lady of any country ever really; and it is said Evita was thinking of running for president herself before dying of cancer. Isabel was…
50) Mary Surratt
“I think John Wilkes Booth was only an instrument in the hands of the Almighty to punish this proud and licentious people.” 50) Mary Surratt You Might Want to Read This Before Blindly Passing Judgement Born: 4 May 1823, Maryland, United States of America Died: 7 July 1865, Washington DC, United States of America Boardinghouse…
47) John Peter Zenger
47) John Peter Zenger Free Speech for Me Please, Thank You Born: 26 October 1697, Holy Roman Empire (Present-day Impflingen, Germany) Died: 28 July 1746, Manhattan, the Colony of New York (Present Day New York State in the United States of America) Journalist and newspaper editor remembered today for his winning case in a landmark…