Ranavalona Ire (circa 1788 – 1861) reigned for thirty-three years over the kingdom of Madagascar from 1828 to 1861. His reign was marked by a struggle against the expansionism of Europe and a certain authoritarianism. Queen of Madagascar Rabodonandrianampoinimerina (the ingenuous granddaughter of
Of Basque origin, Ignace de Loyola, who lost his mother young, became a page at the Spanish Court of Ferdinand the Catholic in 1506, then was treasurer to the queen. He lives to the worldly rhythm of the Court. He joins the army, but is wounded during the siege of Pamplona. During his convalescence,
Ammien Marcellin (330-400) was a Roman historian of Greek descent and one of the last great historians of Rome. After a fairly significant eclipse in the 3rd century, the art of writing among the Romans found a new hour of glory when the Empire was reborn, from the reign of Diocletian (284-305). Ind
Canadian journalist and lawyer, Mary Ann Shadd Cary (1823 – 1893) campaigned against slavery. She is the first black woman to found a newspaper in North America. A militant childhood Born October 9, 1823, in Wilmington, Delaware, Mary Ann Shadd was the eldest of thirteen children of Harriet Burton