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Aug 4, 1485
Hernan Cortes
Hernán(do) Cortés, Marqués del Valle de Oaxacawas born in the year 1485 we don’t have an exact date for him. We do know that he was born in Medellín, in the province of Extremadura, in the Kingdom of Castile in Spain. I also found out that he was a Spanish explorer, military commander, and colonizer whose daring conquest of the Aztec Empire in Mexico for Spain in 1521 led to the eventual subjugation and effective elimination of Native American culture in Mesoamerica. “In 1503 at the age of 18, C -
Feb 1, 1540
Francis Drake
Francis Drake was born in the parish of Crowndale which is a mile south of Tavistock, Devon. We don’t know exactly what day Francis was born but it is said that it have to have been sometime between February-March during the year 1540. He was a pre-eminent English navigator, Politician, civil engineer and known slave trader of the Elisabethan age. Francis was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe. He was thought of very highly by Queen Elizabeth she appointed him second in command o -
Jan 22, 1561
Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon was born in a York House in the Strand, London on January 22, 1561. Francis Bacon was an English philosopher, statesman and essayist who is best known for leading the scientific revolution. Francis is also known for his essays and also the Colours of Good and Evil and the Meditationes Sacrae which were all published in the year 1597. He is more famous because of his book called Novum Organum. This book “argued against the old Aristotelian method of gaining knowledge, saying that t -
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born on April 26, 1564 and lived in Stratford-upon-Avon. He was known as a English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. In his life time he wrote many different things but not everything survived. But put of his work 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several shorter poems did. During the sixteenth century he wrote mainly tragedies, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Mac -
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton was born on January 4, 1643 in Woolsthorpe by Colsterworth a hamlet in the county of Lincolnshire. Newton was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, alchemist, inventor, and natural philosopher, who is generally regarded as one of the most accomplished and influential scientists in history. It was said that Isaac laid the groundwork for classical mechanics. This was also called Newtonian mechanics, which held sway in the physical sciences until the advent of quantum mechan -
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts, to a tallow-maker. He became a newspaper editor, printer, merchant, and philanthropist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was one of the most prominent of Founders and early political figures and statesmen of the United States. As a "self-made man" noted for his curiosity, ingenuity, generosity, and diversity of interests, he became an inspiration and model for many early Americans. Benjamin was also the one who had discover -
John Adams
John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 in the state of Massachusetts. In the years 1774-1778 John Adams was part of the Continental Congress. One of the main reasons that John is considered an important person in United States history is that he was our second president. When George Washington decided not to take another term of presidency that is when john won against Thomas Jefferson in the 1796 presidential election. John Adam also served on the board that wrote the Declaration of Independe -
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was born April 13, 1743 he was born in a prosperous Virginia. Thomas Jefferson was famous for many different reasons. A few of the reasons are that he was the third president of the United States, principal author of the Declaration of independence. He was also considered a founding father of the United States. There were many major events that went on during the time that he was in presidency include the Louisiana Purchase, the Embargo Act of 1807, the Lewis and Clark Expeditio -
James Madison
James Madison was born on March 16, 1751 in Port Conway, Virginia. James Madison was one of the principal framers of the U.S. Constitution, a Virginia representative to Congress, secretary of state in the administration of Thomas Jefferson, and fourth president of the United States. Sometimes called the Father of the Constitution, Madison played a leading role as an organizer, delegate, and chronicler of the 1787 Constitutional Convention. James Madison was s an influential advocate for the adop -
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte was born August 15, 1769 in a town called Ajaccio in Corsica. He was a general of the French Revolution, the ruler of France as First Consul of the French Republic from November 11, 1799 to May 18 1804. Napoleon was mainly known for his military experience. In March 1798 Bonaparte proposed a military expedition to seize Egypt. This was because he wanted to protect the French trade interests and undermine Britain’s access to India. But the real reason for the invasion still re
