“Oh, I have no family of my own, but I have many families.” 728: Señora Doña Maria Luz Corral de Villa Pancho Villa’s Wife Born: July 2, 1892, San Andrés, Chihuahua, Mexico (Present-day Riva Palacio, Chihuahua, Mexico) Died: 6 July 1981, Chihuahua City, Chihuahua, Mexico Pancho Villa “married” multiple women throughout his life (some claiming…
These are the entries born in the country of Luxembourg. Entries: Charlotte von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
727: Charlotte von Nassau-Weilburg Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Born: 23 January 1896, Berg, Luxembourg Died: 9 July 1985, Fischbach Castle, Luxembourg Charlotte became Grand Duchess after her sister Marie-Adélaïde resigned from the same position. Before their father’s death, women were not allowed to rule Luxembourg, however, the Grand Duke changed the laws of succession to…
726: Emilie Sagee Mostly Ghostly Born: 1813, Dijon, France Died: Unknown Also Known As: Octavie or Emilie Saget Emilie claimed to have never seen her spectral doppelganger, but many others did in multiple locations. She was a nineteenth century Frenchwoman who worked as a schoolteacher and was seen as pretty and likable. But according to…
“We had to eat it all up. Then we had to wait an hour, and every time we were frightened that we were going to be ill. We used to cry like dogs because we were so glad to have survived.” 725: Margot Wölk Only Surviving Food Tester for Hitler Born: 27 December 1917, Berlin,…
724: The Other Magpie Crow Woman who Fought with Osh-Tisch in the Battle of the Rosebud Lived Around 1876, Crow Nation (Present-day Montana, United States of America) But unlike Osh-Tisch, The Other Magpie had no gun and only a coup stick (some Native people would use decorative sticks instead of weapons in war [the more…
“We have not nurtured and cherished [Charles the Dauphin] for you to make him die like his brothers or to go mad like his father, or to become English like you. I keep him for my own. Come and take him away, if you dare.” -Reportedly Yolande’s Letter to Isabeau of Bavaria 723: Yolande of…
722: Bertha Benz The First Person to Drive an Automobile Long Distance Born: 3 May 1849, Pforzheim, Germany Died: 5 May 1944, Ladenburg, Germany Bertha was the wife and business partner of Karl Benz (Of Mercedes-Benz fame). It is said Bertha made her decision to make her mark on the world after finding the Family…
These are the entries that lived and are connected to Ancient Greece; whether they were doctors, prostitutes, warriors, or anything in between. Entries: Aglaonice, The First Female Astronomer from Ancient Greece Agnodice, the first female doctor from Athens, Greece Arachidamia, Warrior Queen of Sparta Arsinoë II, Queen of Thrace, Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Egypt Arsinoë…
721: Sparethra Queen who Fought Cyrus the Great -Lived Around 547 BC- Eurasian Steppes (Exact Location Unknown) Cyrus captured her husband in battle and pissed Sparethra off. Sparethra and her husband, Amorges, were leaders of a band called the Amyrgioi of Sogdiana and Bactria, one of the Saka tribes that lived between the Caspian Sea…