Born and died in 1844

The 35th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and an author, Mehmed V reigned as a constitutional monarch during a period of intense political change and war

French stage actress who revolutionized 19th century theater and pioneered early cinema while excelling as painter and sculptor

Swedish politician, opinion journalist, and committed pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1908 for his work for peace through arbitration and international law

Emperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa who expanded the Ethiopian Empire and secured its sovereignty by defeating Italian forces at the Battle of Adwa

Peintre post-impressionniste français connu pour son style Naïf ou Primitif distinctif, représentant souvent des scènes de jungle exotiques.

Homme de lettres français idéal, lauréat du Nobel de littérature 1921, au style ironique et sceptique

French poet, writer, critic, and translator who was a paramount exponent of fin de siècle poetry, associated with the Symbolist, Parnassianist, and Decadent movements

French nun known for experiencing apparitions of the 'Immaculate Conception' in Lourdes, which led to the building of a chapel at the famous cave-grotto

Russia's best-known fabulist, a prolific author, poet, playwright, and journalist who discovered his true genre of satirical fables at the age of 40

Elder brother of Napoleon Bonaparte; King of Naples (1806–08) and Spain (1808–13); French statesman, lawyer, diplomat who emigrated to the United States

Roi de Suède et de Norvège, maréchal de France et fondateur de la dynastie Bernadotte