RM2B01W87–UK/Germany: Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk (5 June 1804 - 11 March 1865), British explorer who visited Chiang Mai in 1859-1860. Engraving, 19th century. Sir Robert Hermann Schomburgk, was a German-born explorer for Great Britain who carried out geographical, ethnological and botanical studies in South America and the West Indies, and also fulfilled diplomatic missions for Great Britain in the Dominican Republic and Thailand. Schomburgk was born at Freyburg, Prussian Saxony, the son of a Protestant minister. In 1820, while staying with his uncle, he learned botany from a professor.
RM2B01K4A–China: Cai Yuanpei (11 January 1868 - 5 March 1940), educator, reformist and revolutionary thinker, c. 1910-1915. Cai Yuanpei , also spelt Tsai Yuan-Pei/Tsai Yuan-Bet, was a Chinese educator, philosopher, politician, Esperantist and the president of Peking University. He was known for his critical evaluation of Chinese culture that led to the influential May Fourth Movement. In his thinking, Cai was heavily influenced by Anarchism, and he was also involved in the feminist and New Culture Movements.
RM2B01K4C–China: Cai Yuanpei (11 January 1868 - 5 March 1940), educator, reformist and revolutionary thinker, c. 1910-1915. Cai Yuanpei , also spelt Tsai Yuan-Pei/Tsai Yuan-Bet, was a Chinese educator, philosopher, politician, Esperantist and the president of Peking University. He was known for his critical evaluation of Chinese culture that led to the influential May Fourth Movement. In his thinking, Cai was heavily influenced by Anarchism, and he was also involved in the feminist and New Culture Movements.
RM2B032T4–Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (18 March 1903 – 11 January 1944) was Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy from 1936 until 1943 and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law. On 11 January 1944, Count Ciano was shot by firing squad at the behest of his father-in-law, Mussolini, under pressure from Nazi Germany. Ciano wrote and left behind a diary that has been used as a source by several historians, including William Shirer in his The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
RM2B02X37–René Descartes ( 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician and scientist who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the father of modern philosophy, and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. In particular, his Meditations on First Philosophy continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments. Descartes' influence in mathematics is equally apparent; the Cartesian coordinate system — allowing reference to a point in space as a set of numbers, and al
RM2B02X38–René Descartes ( 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician and scientist who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the father of modern philosophy, and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. In particular, his Meditations on First Philosophy continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments. Descartes' influence in mathematics is equally apparent; the Cartesian coordinate system — allowing reference to a point in space as a set of numbers, and al
RM2B02X35–René Descartes ( 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician and scientist who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic. He has been dubbed the father of modern philosophy, and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day. In particular, his Meditations on First Philosophy continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments. Descartes' influence in mathematics is equally apparent; the Cartesian coordinate system — allowing reference to a point in space as a set of numbers, and al
RM2B032T9–Gian Galeazzo Ciano, 2nd Count of Cortellazzo and Buccari (18 March 1903 – 11 January 1944) was Foreign Minister of Fascist Italy from 1936 until 1943 and Benito Mussolini's son-in-law. On 11 January 1944, Count Ciano was shot by firing squad at the behest of his father-in-law, Mussolini, under pressure from Nazi Germany. Ciano wrote and left behind a diary that has been used as a source by several historians, including William Shirer in his The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich.
RM2B033Y7–The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–11 November 1942) was a major battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed 'Monty' and the 'Spartan General', was a senior officer of the British Army and the victor at El-Alamein.
RM2B033Y6–The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–11 November 1942) was a major battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed 'Monty' and the 'Spartan General', was a senior officer of the British Army and the victor at El-Alamein.
RM2B033Y8–The Second Battle of El Alamein (23 October–11 November 1942) was a major battle of the Second World War that took place near the Egyptian railway halt of El Alamein. With the Allies victorious, it marked a major turning point in the Western Desert Campaign of the Second World War. Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed 'Monty' and the 'Spartan General', was a senior officer of the British Army and the victor at El-Alamein.
RM2B01CBP–Vietnam: The French assault on Nam Dinh, 11 December 1873. Engraving by Alexandre Ferdinandus (2 March 1850 - 8 November 1888), 1880s. The Garnier Expedition was a French expedition between November 1873 and January 1874 by Lieutenant Francis Garnier, who had been sent by the French authorities to bring back the unruly French trader Jean Dupuis. However, when Garnier arrived in Hanoi, he sided with Dupuis and captured Hanoi, the capital of Tonkin , before going on a lightning campaign to conquer most of the region within three weeks. He was eventually killed while defending Hanoi.
RM2B02K3B–George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), was a British Conservative statesman who was the Viceroy of India and the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, but who was passed over as Prime Minister in 1923 in favour of Stanley Baldwin. He was a key figure in instituting the 1905 Partition of Bengal, which led to a major political crisis for the British Empire. The tax records of Mughal Emperor Akbar (1584–1598) as well as the work of a 15th century Bengali poet, Bipradaas, both mention a settlement named Kalikata (thought to mean ‘Steps of Ka
RM2B02649–Sayyid Hamad bin Thuwaini Al-Busaid, GCSI, (1857 - August 25, 1896) (Arabic: حمد بن ثويني البوسعيد) was the fifth Sultan of Zanzibar. He ruled Zanzibar from March 5, 1893 to August 25, 1896. He was married to a cousin, Sayyida Turkia bint Turki al-Said, daughter of Turki bin Said, Sultan of Muscat and Oman. Hamid died suddenly at 11.40am on 25 August 1896 and was almost certainly poisoned by his cousin Khalid bin Barghash who proclaimed himself the new sultan and held the position for three days before being replaced by the British government after the 40 minute long Anglo-Zanzibar War.
RM2B01K4J–China: The writer Lu Xun (25 September 1881 - 19 October 1936) together with his close Japanese friend Kanzo Uchiyama (11 January 1885 - 20 September 1959) in Shanghai, c. 1934. Kanzo Uchiyama settled in Shanghai with his wife shortly after they were married in March of 1916. He first established a bookstore in 1917 on North Sichuan Road at a different address from the one where the store would later prosper from 1929 to 1945. Kanzo and Lu Xun first met in the original bookstore in October of 1927, and their friendship continued until Lu Xun’s death nearly ten years later.
RM2B00REH–Sri Lanka: A Kandyan chief with his retainers. Photograph by Charles T. Scowen (1852-1948), c. 1870s. Charles Thomas Scowen (11 March 1852 - 24 November 1948) was a British photographer active during the late nineteenth century, primarily from 1871-1890. He worked out of Sri Lanka and British India with his own established studio, Scowen & Co. His first studio was in Kandy, but he had opened a second in Colombo by the 1890s. His photos were famed for their lighting, strong compositional qualities and technically superior printing.
RM2B00REJ–Sri Lanka: A Kandyan chief in full ceremonial attire. Photograph by Charles T. Scowen (1852-1948), 1870s. Charles Thomas Scowen (11 March 1852 - 24 November 1948) was a British photographer active during the late nineteenth century, primarily from 1871-1890. He worked out of Sri Lanka and British India with his own established studio, Scowen & Co. His first studio was in Kandy, but he had opened a second in Colombo by the 1890s. His photos were famed for their lighting, strong compositional qualities and technically superior printing.
RM2B0162P–China: Empress Nara (11 March 1718 - 19 August 1766), second empress consort of the Qianlong Emperor. Hanging scroll painting by Jean Denis Attiret (1702-1768), c. 1750. Empress Nara of the Nara Clan was the the second empress consort of the Qianlong Emperor. She was originally an imperial consort, but was elevated after the death of Empress Xiaoxianchun in 1748. She accompanied the emperor on various trips, hunts and ceremonies. She eventually lost her authority as chief of the imperial harem in 1765, possibly for scandalously cutting her hair, though she was never officially deposed.
RM2B02YN6–Afghanistan: Osama bin Laden (March 10, 1957 – May 2, 2011) founder of Al-Qaeda and prominent jihadi (left) with his deputy and successor Ayman al Zawahiri (June 19, 1951 - July 31, 2022), 10 November 2001. Photo by Hamid Mir (CC BY-SA 3.0). Osama bin Mohammed bin Awad bin Laden was the founder of al-Qaeda, the jihadist organization responsible for the September 11 attacks on the United States and other mass-casualty attacks against civilian and military targets. He was a member of the wealthy Saudi bin Laden family. Ayman Mohammed al-Zawahiri was an Egyptian and former leader of al-Qaeda.
RM2B01JHP–Philippines: President Ferdinand Marcos and First Lady Imelda Marcos at Clark Air Force Base, Luzon, 14 March 1979. Ferdinand Emmanuel Edralin Marcos (11 September 1917 - 28 September 1989) was the 10th President of the Philippines from 1965 to 1986. He was a lawyer, member of the Philippine House of Representatives (1949-1959) and a member of the Philippine Senate (1959-1965). In 1983, his government was implicated in the assassination of his primary political opponent, Benigno Aquino, Jr. The implication caused a chain of events that eventually led to Marcos' removal from power in 1986.
RM2B01CB0–Vietnam: A view of the port of Saigon. Engraving by Theodor Alexander Weber (11 May 1838 - March 1907), 1872. Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese: Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, better known as Saigon (Vietnamese: Sài Gòn) is the largest city in Vietnam. It was once known as Prey Nokor, an important Khmer sea port prior to annexation by the Vietnamese in the 17th century. Under the name Saigon, it was the capital of the French colony of Cochin-china and later of the independent state of South Vietnam from 1955 to 1975.
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