Aminatou of Zaria (1533-ca. 1610), the warrior queen, was the daughter of Queen Bakwa Turunku of the Hausa city-state of Zazzau (or Zaria, in Nigeria); she is known for her courage and her warlike exploits. Daughter of the King of Zaria Little is known about the life of Aminatou of Zaria and histo
Drum of the Grenoble artillery. He participated in the siege of Toulon, and Bonaparte appreciated him for his audacity. He sustains the fire of the Austrians at Marengo and thus decides victory, he will receive a saber of honor. He will be captured during a battle, but he is freed in time to replace
Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born in 1937), is the first woman in history to have made a journey into space, and the only woman to have made this journey alone. Selected by Nikita Khrushchev Valentina Tereshkova was born on March 6, 1937, in Maslennikovo, Russia, to a farmer father and a mot
An English magistrate had a craze that when a witness gave a statement in the court, the magistrate would have a mirror placed before him. The witness had to say his point while looking at the mirror. When in connection with a trial that magistrate also asked Vallabhbhais witness to give his state