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For a woman to attain the rank of Emperor, to become the most powerful person in China, was almost unheard of. Only one person in the entirety of Chinese history was able to do so. That person was Wu Zetian, one of the most remarkable rulers - female or male - the world has ever seen. Concubine Wu
Jul 29, 2020 · Bertha of Kent (539–c612) Perhaps the most well known of all the pre-Conquest queens, Bertha played a crucial role in the establishment of Christianity in England. She was the daughter of the Christian king, Charibert I of Paris, who insisted that she be free to practise her own religion when she married the pagan king, Æthelbert of Kent ...
Oct 28, 2023 · Indira Gandhi: She was the first and only woman to be the Prime Minister of India. Justice Anna Chandy: She was the first female judge in India. Kalpana Chawla: She was the first Indian woman in space and died tragically in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Mother Teresa: She dedicated her life to helping the poor and was the first woman to ...
Oct 14, 2009 · Ancient Egypt was the preeminent civilization in the Mediterranean world for almost 30 centuries—from its unification around 3100 B.C. to its conquest by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. From the ...
May 5, 2023 · Queen Mary I is considered the first British monarch to become queen on her own — that is, not through marriage to a king. Born on Feb. 18, 1516, in Greenwich, England, to King Henry VIII and ...
Nov 9, 2009 · Mary I: Early Life. Mary Tudor was born on February 16, 1516. She was the fifth child of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon but the only one to survive past infancy. Educated by an English tutor ...
At only 22 years old, in June 1857, Queen Rani Lakshmi Bai entered full-blown revolt against the British East India Company following a mutiny of the Indian Army. The mutiny provided her with a much-needed opportunity. The Indian Army attacked the British fort in Jhansi and killed every British man, woman and child in the region.
