Curated category
Deaths from dysentery
- AkbarOn the 15th of October 1542, Jalal-ud-Din Muhammad Akbar drew his first breath inside the Rajput Fortress of Amarkot. His parents had fled westward after…
- Jack LondonJohn Griffith London arrived in San Francisco on the 12th of January 1876. His mother Flora Wellman worked as a music teacher and spiritualist while living…
- Frederick II, Holy Roman EmperorOn the 26th of December 1194, a child named Frederick was born in the market square of Jesi. The location itself was unusual for a royal birth and…
- John, King of EnglandJohn was born in England around Christmastide in 1166 or 1167. His father, King Henry II of England, had inherited significant territories along the Atlantic…
- Francis DrakeFrancis Drake was born at Crowndale Farm in Tavistock, Devon, England. His birth date remains uncertain, though estimates place it around 1540 or 1541 based…
- ErasmusDesiderius Erasmus was born in Rotterdam on the 27th or the 28th of October, likely around 1466. His parents could not legally marry because his father…
- Zeno (emperor)Tarasicodissa Rousombladadiotes was born in the mountainous region of Isauria, a place later renamed Zenopolis to honor his imperial status.
- Louis IX of FranceLouis IX was born on the 25th of April 1214 at Poissy, near Paris. He became king of France when his father Louis VIII died on the 8th of November 1226.