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America
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Pocahontas was an Indian princess, the daughter of Powhatan, the powerful chief of the…
Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, baptised as Catherine Tekakwitha and informally known as Lily of the…
James Edward Oglethorpe was an English general, a philanthropist, and a founder of the state…
Europe + Africa + Middle East
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Nicolaus Copernicus was a Renaissance- and Reformation-era mathematician and astronomer who…
Galileo Galilei was an Italian polymath: astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and…
Sir Isaac Newton was an English mathematician, astronomer, and physicist (described in his own…
Louis XV, known as Louis the Beloved (Louis le bien aimé) was a monarch of the House of…
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 Dec, 1770) was a German composer and pianist; his music is…
Asia + Oceania
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Alessandro Valignano was a Jesuit missionary born in Chieti, back then part of the Kingdom of…
Abel Janszoon Tasman was a Dutch seafarer and explorer best known for his voyages of 1642 and…
The Kangxi Emperor was the third emperor of the Qing Dynasty and the second Qing emperor to…
Captain James Cook was a British explorer, navigator and cartographer, ultimately rising to…