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Takashi Sakai was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II, known for his role as Governor of Hong Kong under Japanese occupation.
Takashi Sakai, Japanese general and politician, Governor of Hong Kong (died 1946)
John Silas "Jack" Reed was an American journalist, poet, and communist activist. Reed first gained prominence as a war correspondent during the Mexican Revolution for Metropolitan …
John Reed, American journalist and poet (died 1920)
Victoria Eugenie Julia Ena of Battenberg, commonly known as Ena, was Queen of Spain as the wife of King Alfonso XIII from their marriage on 31 May 1906 until 14 April 1931, when th…
Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen Consort of King Alfonso XIII of Spain (died 1969)
Frederick Fleet was a British merchant sailor who survived the sinking of the RMS Titanic. He served as a lookout on board the RMS Titanic and was likely the first to sight the ice…
Frederick Fleet, English sailor and lookout on the Titanic (died 1965)
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka was the founder of a collateral branch of the Japanese Imperial Family and served as a general in the Imperial Japanese Army during the Japanese invasion of …
Prince Yasuhiko Asaka of Japan (died 1981)
Shri Krishna Singh (Sinha) (21 October 1887 – 31 January 1961), also known as Shri Babu, was the first chief minister of the Indian state of Bihar (1946–61). Except for the period …
Krishna Singh, Indian lawyer and politician, 1st Chief Minister of Bihar (died 1961)
Octave Lapize was a French professional road racing cyclist and track cyclist.
Octave Lapize, French cyclist and pilot (died 1917)
Alexander McCulloch was a British rower who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
Alexander McCulloch, British rower (died 1951)
Sukumar Ray was a Bengali writer and poet from British India. He is remembered mainly for his writings for children. He was the son of children's story writer Upendrakishore Ray Ch…
Sukumar Ray, Indian-Bangladeshi author, poet, and playwright (died 1923)
Mohamed Sherif Pasha GCSI was an Egyptian statesman. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt three times during his career. His first term was between 7 April 1879 and 18 August 1879.…
Muhammad Sharif Pasha, Greek-Egyptian politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Egypt (born 1826)
Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was a German-American Lutheran minister. He was the first president of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) and one of its most influential th…
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Thomas Francis Meagher was an Irish nationalist and leader of the Young Irelanders in the Rebellion of 1848. After being convicted of sedition, he was first sentenced to death but …
Thomas Francis Meagher, Leader of the Young Ireland rebellion of 1848, Commander of the Irish Brigade in the US Civil…
Robert A. Clay Allison, also known as Clay Allison was an American cattle rancher, cattle broker, and sometimes gunfighter of the American Old West. He fought for the Confederacy i…
Clay Allison, American rancher (born 1841)
Benjamin Holladay was an American transportation businessman responsible for creating the Overland Stage to California during the height of the 1849 California Gold Rush. He create…
Ben Holladay, American businessman (born 1819)
John Taylor was an English-born American religious leader who served as the third president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1880 to 1887. He is the first an…
John Taylor, American religious leader, 3rd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (born 1808)
Agostino Depretis was an Italian statesman and politician. He served as Prime Minister of Italy for several stretches between 1876 and 1887, and was leader of the Historical Left p…
Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1813)
Alexander William Doniphan was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Jose…
Alexander William Doniphan, American colonel, lawyer, and politician (born 1808)
Webster Paulson was an English civil engineer who is known for his work in Malta in the late 19th century.
Webster Paulson, English civil engineer (born 1837)
Jules Laforgue was a Franco-Uruguayan poet, often referred to as a Symbolist poet. Critics and commentators have also pointed to Impressionism as a direct influence and his poetry …
Jules Laforgue, French poet and author (born 1860)
Sakaigawa Namiemon was a Japanese professional sumo wrestler from Katsushika District, Shimōsa Province. He was the sport's 14th yokozuna. Nicknamed "Tanikaze of the Meiji era", h…
Sakaigawa Namiemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 14th Yokozuna (born 1841)
Bernhard Rudolf Konrad von Langenbeck was a German surgeon known as the developer of Langenbeck's amputation and founder of Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery.
Bernhard von Langenbeck, German surgeon and academic (born 1810)
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff was a German physicist and mathematician who contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-bo…
Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist and chemist (born 1824)
The Parliament of Canada is the federal legislature of Canada. The Crown, along with two chambers, form the bicameral legislature.
The Parliament of Canada passed the Rocky Mountains Park Act, creating Banff National Park (pictured) in Alberta as the
L. L. Zamenhof (1859–1917) was the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language.
L. L. Zamenhof (pictured) published Unua Libro, the first publication to describe Esperanto, a constructed…