Khmelnytsky was a Ukrainian commander & Cossack state ruler Ukraine has a long history of fighting for freedom. Bohdan Zynoviy Mykhailovych Khmelnytsky (1596-1657) led an uprising against the Commonwealth and its magnates that resulted in the creation of an independent Ukrainian Cossack state. He was a Ukrainian military commander and Hetman, ruler, of the Zaporozhian …
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Archimedes
Archimedes was lived over two millennium ago You may recognize the name Archimedes, but unless you are a historian or a mathematician you’re unlikely to know why you should care about him or his discoveries. Archimedes was a toga-wearing Greek mathematician, born in 287 B.C., over two millennium ago. He was chosen by historyten.com as …
Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month. So here are a few fabulous ladies from history to celebrate. All these wonderful women are available on Amazon as T-shirts. These women made the world we live in today richer and more beautiful. They are often under represented in our history.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was an English writer. As a teen she fell for romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Unfortunately Percy was already married. Still you can’t tell teens anything and she ran off with him. They traveled Europe ending up in a Swiss chalet belonging to Lord Byron. Here she wrote Frankenstein during a …
Georges Bizet
Georges Bizet, (1838-1875) was a French pianist and composer. A musical child prodigy his opera Carmen premiered right before his death in 1875 and is now performed all over the world. Illustration by Kathleen McGuinness. Visit her watercolor portraits. Georges Bizet T-shirts available on Amazon.com for only $19.95
Arthur Schopenhauer
German philosopher born in Poland Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) was a cantankerous German philosopher born in Poland. A fun guy, he developed a pessimistic philosophy. He believed that man having a will to live is the cause of all suffering and wrote deep philosophic tomes like his World as Will and Representation. Still, at least he …
Baruch Spinoza
Philosopher just before Enlightenment Baruch Spinoza born Benedito de Espinosa (1632-1677) was a cool Portuguese philosopher. His thinking helped bring about the Enlightenment. He invented a modern way of viewing one self in relation to the universe. No longer was the universe passing out favors or punishments. The universe was, well the universe, and for …
Emily Dickinson
Emily Dickinson was a revered American poet (1830-1886). She was a member of a prominent family with strong ties to its community in Massachusetts. She was reclusive most of her life. Her talent was a unique ability to distill meaning from the ordinary things and translate them into poetry. Illustration by Kathleen McGuinness. Visit her …
Herman Melville
American author Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, poet and a short story writer. He was a seaman in his youth. His masterpiece Moby Dick is about a duel between a great white whale and a whaling ship captain Ahab. The whale sinks the ship along with Captain Ahab at the end of the …
Franz Joseph Haydn
Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) was an Austrian composer of the German Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio. He has been called the Father of the Symphony and the Father of the String Quartet. Though Haydn spent much of his career on the estate of a …