Marie-Madeleine Pioche of La Vergne , Comtesse de La Fayette (1634 – 1693), was a French woman of letters. She is notably the author of The Princess of Cleves. Marie-Madeleine Pioche de La Vergne was born into a family of the lower nobility, close to Cardinal Richelieu. When she was 15, her father
A war correspondent during his military career (1895-1899), his escape from prison in South Africa during the Boer War where he was to do a report brought him a certain celebrity. He was appointed Conservative MP in 1900, then joined the Liberal Party in 1904. Between 1906 and 1908, he was Under-Se
Eliška Junková (1900 – 1994), born Alžběta Pospíšilová, was a Czech racing driver and the only woman to win a Grand Prix event. Clandestine driving lessons Eliška Junková was born on November 16, 1900 in Moravia, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Daughter of a blacksmith, she is the sixth of eight c
Charles VIII was the son of Louis XI and Charlotte of Savoy. On the death of his father, his sister Anne de Beaujeu took over his guardianship. A rebellion of princes led by Louis II of Orléans triggers the Mad War. Charles marries Anne de Bretagne (daughter of François II), initially promised to th