Kamehameha (1758-1819) was the first Hawaiian monarch. He was born on Kohala, Hawaii to Chief Keouakupuapaikalaninui and Chiefess Keku’iapoiwa though there were rumors about an adoption. Kamehameha’s birth coincided with Halley’s Comet, seen in 1758. In 1810 he become the first king of the Kingdom of Hawaii after the chiefdoms of all the islands united …
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John Gay, UK poet
John Gay (1685-1732) was a poet and dramatist. He is best known for writing The Beggar’s Opera, a good humored satire. Gay was a part of an ancient but impoverished Devonshire family.John Gay T-shirts on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CV9MB7H9
Cherubini
Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Salvatore Cherubini (1760 –1842) was an Italian Classical and Romantic composer. He composed operas and sacred music. Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest living composer of his era. His operas were heavily praised and interpreted by Rossini.Cherubini Amazon T-shirts https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CY5Q49BP
Alexander von Humboldt
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a German polymath, geographer, naturalist, explorer. He believed in science and Romantic philosophy. Humboldt travelled extensively in the Americas and wrote and published several volumes on his travels. He is considered both “the father of ecology” and “the father of environmentalism.”Alexander von Humboldt T-shirts on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CZ6RLWKV
Victor Emmanuel II
Victor Emmanuel (1820-1878) was King of Sardinia from 1849 until 1861, when he assumed the title of King of Italy. He was the first king of an independent united Italy since the 6th century. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was heir to King Victor Emmanuel II. The assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand (June 28, 1914) was …
Thomas Gainsborough
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) London, England. He was one of the most important British portrait artists of the second half of the 18th century. His iconic portrait The Blue Boy is part of the permanent collection at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California.Gainsborough T-shirts on Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CK499TX
Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope (1688-1744) was born in London. He was an English poet, translator, and satirist during the Enlightenment era. Pope is considered one of the most prominent English poets of the early 18th century. He was best known for his poems An Essay on Criticism, The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad.Alexander Pope T-shirts …
E. T. A. Hoffmann
E. T. A. Hoffmann, (1776-1822) born Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann was a German author of fantasy and Gothic horror. He was also a jurist, composer, music critic and artist. Hoffmann is one of the major creators of the Romantic movement. Jacques Offenbach His stories were the basis of the famous opéra fantastique by Jacques Offenbach, …