Nakano Takeko (1847-1868) was a Japanese onna-bugeisha (woman fighter), who led a unit of women into battle during the Boshin War. The Boshin War Daughter of Nakano Heina, official of Aizu (in the Tōhoku region, northeast of Honshū Island, the main island of Japan), Nakano Takeko was born in Edo (
During the XVth century, the Portuguese explored and discovered new sea routes along the African coasts. From 1460, the objective had become to circumvent the African continent by its southern extremity, in order to have easier access to the riches of the Indies (mainly spices). Vasco da Gama was c
Emily Jane Bronte (1818 – 1848) was an English writer, poet and novelist, sister of Charlotte Brontë and Anne Brontë. His only novel is a monument of British literature. The dramatic boarding school Daughter of Maria and Patrick Brontë, fifth in a family of six children (Maria, Elizabeth, Charlott
In 1795, in Spain, he distinguished himself by exceptional courage, which earned him the name Roland of the Army. He takes part in the Italian campaign, he is at the Lodi bridge and receives two bullets at Arcole. He will follow Bonaparte to Egypt where he is wounded at Saint-Jean dAcre. He receives