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Who was born in 1844

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Bernadette Soubirous

Bernadette Soubirous

18441879

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

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Paul Verlaine

Paul Verlaine

18441896

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

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Anatole France

Anatole France

18441924

French writer, poet, and literary critic, known for his ironic and skeptical style, who won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Literature and was considered the ideal French man of letters

May

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Henri Rousseau

Henri Rousseau

18441910

French post-Impressionist painter known for his distinctive Naïve or Primitive style, often depicting exotic jungle scenes

August

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Menilek II

Menilek II

18441913

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

October

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Sarah Bernhardt

Sarah Bernhardt

18441923

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

Klas Pontus Arnoldson

Klas Pontus Arnoldson

18441916

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

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Mehmed V

Mehmed V

18441918

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