Historical Figures

En cuanto a los placeres del cuerpo, tenía un perfecto autocontrol; y de los de la mente, el elogio era el único del que era insaciable. Era muy inteligente para reconocer lo que era necesario hacer, incluso cuando aún era un asunto que pasaba desapercibido para los demás; y muy acertado para conjeturar a partir de la observación de los hechos lo que era probable que ocurriera. Era sumamente hábil para reunir, armar y dirigir un ejército, y muy famoso por infundir valor a sus soldados, llenarlos de esperanzas de éxito y disipar su temor en medio del peligro con su propia ausencia de miedo.

fue emperador romano durante los tres primeros meses de 193 Sucedió a Cómodo Nació hijo de un esclavo liberado Pertinax se convirtió en oficial del ejército

Woman portrait 76 Flavia Titiana fue la emperatiz romana, esposa de Pertinax.

Como emperatriz, Julia fue célebre por su influencia política, social y filosófica, así como por recibir los títulos de mater castrorum —«madre de los campamentos militares»—. Después de que el mayor de sus hijos, Caracalla, comenzara a gobernar con su padre, fue co-emperatriz brevemente con la esposa de este, Fulvia Plautila, hasta que esta última cayó en desgracia. Tras la muerte de Severo en 211, Domna se convirtió en la primera emperatriz viuda en recibir los títulos de «Pia Felix Augusta», que quizá le otorgaban más poderes de los que nunca antes había gozado otra emperatriz madre romana

Hija del noble Oxiartes, Roxana se casó con Alejandro (que en aquella época tenía 30 años), con 20 años (327 a. C.) tras ser raptada por él después del asedio a la fortaleza de la Roca Sogdiana, a pesar de la fuerte oposición al enlace de sus compañeros y generales.1​ El matrimonio fue un intento político para ganar el favor del sátrapa bactriano, a pesar de que algunas fuentes describen el profesado amor que Alejandro sentía por ella.

Quincia era una famosa bailarina gaditana. Acaso esperes muchachas gaditanas que en coro se pongan a entonar lascivos cantos de su país y enardecidas por los aplausos, exageren sus temblorosos movimientos de cadera, y las jóvenes esposas que, tendidas junto al marido, contemplan este espectáculo que sólo contado en su presencia debiera ya ruborizarlas. Son acicates de unos deseos languidecientes y estímulos apremiantes de nuestros ricos. Mayor es, sin embargo, esta voluptuosidad en el otro sexo, que se excita con más viveza y, pronto al placer que se mete por ojos y orejas, provoca la incontinencia.

Juliana de Norwich se confinó en una celda adosada a una iglesia y transmitió al mundo un mensaje de positivismo muy parecido al conocido "Todo irá bien"

Diosa de la profecía griega. Toda una belleza de los augurios y las predicciones

Annia Galeria Faustina la menorfue una emperatriz romana desde el año 161 hasta su muerte como esposa del emperador Marco Aurelio

Lucio Septimio Severo (en latín: Lucius Septimius Severus; Leptis Magna, África, 11 de abril de 146-Eboracum, Britania, 4 de febrero de 211) fue emperador del Imperio romano de 193 a 211. Fue el primer emperador romano de origen norteafricano en alcanzar el trono y el fundador de la dinastía de los Severos. Tras su muerte, fue deificado por el Senado.

Marco Aurelio Antonino (en latín: Marcus Aurelius Antoninus; Roma, 26 de abril de 1213​-Vindobona o Sirmio, 17 de marzo de 1804​) fue un emperador del Imperio romano desde el año 161 hasta el año de su muerte, en 180. Fue el último de los llamados Cinco Buenos Emperadores, tercero de los emperadores procedentes de una familia de antiguos colonos itálicos asentados en la provincia de Baetica,5​6​ y está considerado como una de las figuras más representativas de la filosofía estoica. Marco Aurelio y Lucio Vero fueron hijos adoptivos de Antonino Pío por mandato de Adriano, y los dos primeros, coemperadores del Imperio.7​

Mucia Tertia (fl. 79–31 BC) was a Roman matrona who lived in the 1st century BC. She was the daughter of Quintus Mucius Scaevola, the pontifex maximus and consul in 95 BC. Around 79 BC, Mucia married Pompey, a leading and soon-to-be dominant figure in Roman politics. She was the mother of all three of Pompey's known children. Pompey divorced her in 61 BC, either for adultery or for political reasons. She subsequently married Marcus Aemilius Scaurus and remained active in Roman politics, leading peace talks between her son Sextus Pompey and Octavian in 39 BC and maintaining a relationship of mutual respect with Octavian in the years that followed

Margaret Brent (c. 1601 – c. 1671), was an English immigrant to the Colony of Maryland, settled in its new capitol, St. Mary's City, Maryland. She was the first woman in the English North American colonies to appear before a court of the common law. She was a significant founding settler in the early histories of the colonies of Maryland and Virginia

Pocahontas (c. 1596 – March 1617) was a Native American woman, belonging to the Powhatan people, notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Powhatan, the paramount chief[1] of a network of tributary tribes in the Tsenacommacah, encompassing the Tidewater region of Virginia

Time to joy, time to live

When you are ahppy, your arms goes up!

Catherine, Princess of Wales GCVO (born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton; 9 January 1982) is a member of the British royal family. She is married to William, Prince of Wales, the heir apparent to the British throne, making her likely the next queen consort

Anne Bradstreet (née Dudley; March 8, 1612 – September 16, 1672) was the most prominent of early English poets of North America and first writer in England's North American colonies to be published. She is the first Puritan figure in American Literature and notable for her large corpus of poetry, as well as personal writings published posthumously.

Anne Hutchinson (née Marbury; July 1591 – August 1643) was a Puritan spiritual advisor, religious reformer, and an important participant in the Antinomian Controversy which shook the infant Massachusetts Bay Colony from 1636 to 1638. Her strong religious convictions were at odds with the established Puritan clergy in the Boston area and her popularity and charisma helped create a theological schism that threatened the Puritan religious community in New England.

Deborah, Lady Moody (born Deborah Dunch) (1586– circa 1659) is notable as the founder of Gravesend, Brooklyn, and is the only woman known to have started a village in colonial America. She was the first known female landowner in the New World.[1] As a wealthy titled woman, she had unusual influence in New Netherland, where she was respected. In the Massachusetts Bay Colony, where she had first settled after leaving England because of persecution as an Anabaptist, she had been described by contemporaries as a dangerous woman and chose excommunication over giving up her beliefs

I have had – and I won't throw any people under the bus – but I have had moments where I was on stage receiving an award in front of my peers in Hollywood, and there were people in the crowd that I have prayed with before dinners many times, and when I thanked God, I saw some of those people go to clap, but then notice that, 'bad thing on my resume' and then sit back on their hands.

Cosmic Gate is a German DJ duo consisting of trance music producers Claus Terhoeven (born 1972) and Stefan Bossems (born 1967). Both hail from Krefeld, Germany. On October 28, 2009, DJ Magazine announced the results of their annual Top 100 DJ Poll, with Ultra Records artist Cosmic Gate placed #19, 43 spots above the group's ranking the year before. For the 2010 DJ Magazine Top 100 DJ Poll, Cosmic Gate moved to #24

Fatima al-Fihri, was an Arab woman who is credited with founding the al-Qarawiyyin Mosque in 857–859 AD in Fez, Morocco. She is also known as Umm al-Banīn ("Mother of the Children"). The al-Qarawiyyin Mosque subsequently developed into a teaching institution, which became the modern University of al-Qarawiyyin in 1963. Her story is told by Ibn Abi Zar' (d. between 1310 and 1320) in The Garden of Pages (Rawd al-Qirtas) as founder of the mosque. Since she was first mentioned many centuries after her death, her story has been hard to substantiate and some modern historians doubt she ever existed

Matthew David McConaughey (born November 4, 1969) is an American actor. He had his breakout role with a supporting performance in the coming-of-age comedy Dazed and Confused (1993).[1][2][3] After a number of supporting roles, his first success as a leading man came in the legal drama A Time to Kill (1996). His career progressed with lead roles in the science fiction film Contact (1997), the historical drama Amistad (1997), and the war film U-571 (2000)

Zaida of Seville, c. 1070–1093/1107, was a refugee Muslim princess, formerly associated with the Abbadid dynasty, who became a mistress and then perhaps wife of king Alfonso VI of Castile.

Valeria Messalina (c. 17/20–48) was the third wife of Roman emperor Claudius. She was a paternal cousin of Emperor Nero, a second cousin of Emperor Caligula, and a great-grandniece of Emperor Augustus. A powerful and influential woman with a reputation for promiscuity, she allegedly conspired against her husband and was executed on the discovery of the plot. Her notorious reputation probably resulted from political bias, but works of art and literature have perpetuated it into modern times.

It was during one of these poetry competitions that they met the great love of their life, the poet Ibn Zaydún and Wallada. Both were a poet and a nobleman who had been making measured political strides towards Cordoba. Because of this and Zaydún's ties with the Banu Yahwar — rivals of her own Umayyad clan — their relationship was controversial and had to remain a secret.

Matilda of Flanders (c. 1031 – 2 November 1083) was Queen of England and Duchess of Normandy by marriage to William the Conqueror, and regent of Normandy during his absences from the duchy.[1] She was the mother of ten children who survived to adulthood, including two kings, William II and Henry I

Maria Gaetana Agnesi ( 16 May 1718 – 9 January 1799) was an Italian mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and humanitarian. She was the first woman to write a mathematics handbook and the first woman appointed as a mathematics professor at a university.

Childeric I (/ˈkɪldərɪk/; French: Childéric; Latin: Childericus; reconstructed Frankish: *Hildirīk;[4] c. 437 – 481 AD) was a Frankish leader in the northern part of imperial Roman Gaul and a member of the Merovingian dynasty, described as a king (Latin rex), both on his Roman-style seal ring, which was buried with him, and in fragmentary later records of his life. He was father of Clovis I, who acquired effective control over all or most Frankish kingdoms, and a significant part of Roman Gaul.

Shakuntala Devi (4 November 1929 – 21 April 2013) was an Indian mental calculator and writer, popularly known as the "Human Computer"

Edith the Fair, also known as Edith Swanneck,[note 1] one of the wealthiest magnates in England on the eve of the Norman conquest

Woman Portrait 53 on bed after a long day

Amalie Emmy Noethe, 23 March 1882 – 14 April 1935 was a German mathematician who made many important contributions to abstract algebra. She discovered Noether's First and Second Theorem, which are fundamental in mathematical physics

Spectacular scene of the man in the trunk of a car

Fue la primera mujer en la historia de EE. UU. en recibir una pensión del Congreso por el servicio militar porque ya no podía trabajar debido a sus lesiones y se alistó en el Cuerpo de Inválidos