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Famous for being a famous frontiersman, statesman and pioneer Born - 17th August 1786 Greene County Tennessee Parents - John Hawkins Crockett, Rebecca Hawkins Crockett Siblings - 4 brothers, 2 sisters Married - 1. Polly Finley 2. Elizabeth Patton Children - Marriage 1 - John Wesley, William Finley Marriage 2…
Famous for being a great architect Born - 20th October 1632, Wiltshire UK Parents - rector of East Knoyle Siblings - None Married - 1. Faith Coghill 2. Jane Fitzwilliam Children - Marriage 1 - Gilbert, Christopher Marriage 2 - Jane, William Died - 25th February 1723 London, UK aged…
Famous for being an explorer and first European to set foot in the Americas Born - c. 1451 exact date unknown Parents - Domenico Colombo, Susanna Fontanarossa Siblings - Giovanni Pellegrino, Giacomo, Bartolomeo Columbus Married - Filipa Moniz Children - Diego, Fernando Died - 20th May 1506, Valladolid, Castile Christopher…
Famous for being a King of Britain, executed in 1649 Born - 19th November 1600, Dunfermline Scotland Parents - James I, Anne of Denmark Siblings - Henry Frederick, Elizabeth, Robert Married - Henrietta Maria of France Children - Charles, Mary, James, Elizabeth, Anne, Henry, Henrietta Died - 30th January 1649…
Famous for being Empress of Russia Born - 2nd May 1729, Pomerania, Prussia Parents - Christian Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, Johanna Elisabeth of Holstein-Gottorp Siblings - William Christian Frederick, Frederick Augustus, Auguste Christine Charlotte, Elisabeth Ulrike Married - Peter III of Russia Children - Paul, Anna, Aleksey Died - 6th…
Famous for being a Spanish princess and the wife of Prince Arthur and Henry VIII Born - 16th December 1485 Parents - King Ferdinand of Aragon, Queen Isabella of Castille Siblings - Isabella, John, Joanna, Maria Married - 1. Arthur Prince of Wales 14th November 1501 - Arthur died 1502…
Famous for being a German noblewoman and the fourth wife of Henry VIII Born - 22nd September 1515 Parents - John III Duke of Cleves, Mary Duchess of Julich-Berg Siblings - Sybille, Wilhelm, Amelia Married - Henry VIII 6th January 1540 - divorced 9th July 1540 Children - None Died…
Famous for writing a diary about her holocaust experience Born - 12th June 1929 Parents - Edith and Otto Frank Siblings - Margo Married - No Children - No Died - March 1945 in Bergen-Belsen from Typhus Annelies Marie Frank was born in Frankfurt, Germany in June 1929. Her parents,…
Famous for being the second wife of Henry VIII Born - 1501 Parents - Thomas Boleyn, Elizabeth Howard Siblings - Mary, George Married - Henry VIII January 1533 Children - Elizabeth I Died - 19th May 1536 Beheaded at the Tower of London Anne Boleyn was born in 1501. At…
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