Ngalifourou (1864 – 1956) is a queen of the Teke kingdom in Central Africa, the last ruler of black Africa. Queen of the Teke kingdom Daughter of Bokapa, Ngalifourou was born in 1864 in Ngabé, on the right bank of the Congo River. She is part of the Téké people, a Bantu population that lives in
Gabrielle Chanel known as Coco Chanel (1883 – 1971) was a French designer, creator of the famous Maison Chanel. Coconut Daughter of Jeanne Devolle and Albert Chanel, Gabrielle was born on August 19, 1883 in Saumur, second of three sisters . His mother died of tuberculosis when she was twelve years
More than two centuries after his death, Friedrich Schiller is still considered a freedom poet and one of the most important German poets of all time. Youth under military drill Schiller was born in Marbach am Neckar on November 10, 1759, the son of an officer and military doctor in the ducal Württ
Founder of Père Duchesne (1790), newspaper of extremist revolutionaries. Hébert contributed to the fall of royalty and then of the Girondins. With his supporters, the Hébertists (Chaumette, Chabot, Collot dHerbois...), he had a great influence within the Cordeliers club and the insurrectionary Commu