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…
“Good people be civil–I am the Protestant whore!” 47) Nell Gwyn “Whores to Market!” Born: 2 February 1650, London, England Died: 14 November 1687, Pall Mall, London, England Alternate Spelling: Nell Gwynne Mistress for Charles II of England. She is one of his better-known mistresses and was known both in her own time and now…
https://youtu.be/RYID71hYHzg 46) Private Harold Baumgarten, MD He was a survivor, there’s no doubting that Born: 2 March 1925, New York, United States of America Died: 25 December 2016, Florida, United States of America According to his obituary, linked below, Tom Brokaw described him as, “One of the Greatest of the Greatest Generation.” Harold landed on…
46) Barbara Villiers Palmer It takes a strong woman to be despised, feared, and hated; and by today’s standards, she doesn’t deserve it Born: 27 November 1640, Westminster, London, England Died: 9 October 1709, Chiswick, London, England Mistress for Charles II of England and the Lady Castlemaine. She was equal parts hated, despised, and feared…
45) Oskar Schindler You’ve Probably Heard of his Story From the Film Schindler’s List Born: 28 April 1908, Svitavy, Austria-Hungary (Present-day Czech Republic) Died: 9 October 1974, Hildesheim, West Germany (Present-day Hildesheim, Germany) He was an industrialist and Nazi Party Member who is arguably the most famous of the Righteous Gentiles who helped saved lives…
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…