South Korea – 2022 200th Anniversary go the birth of Gregor Mendel, Austrian-Czech biologist, meteorologist, mathematician, Augustinian friar and abbot of St. Thomas’ Abbey in Brno, Margraviate of Moravia.
-Spanish Sahara – 1960 Francisco Gomez de Quevedo. Francisco Gómez de Quevedo y Santibáñez Villegas, Knight of the Order of Santiago was a Spanish nobleman, politician and writer of the Baroque era. Along with his lifelong rival, Luis de Góngora, Quevedo was one of the most prominent Spanish poets of the age. His style is characterized by what was called conceptismo.
Spanish Sahara, officially the Spanish Possessions in the Sahara from 1884 to 1958, then Province of the Sahara between 1958 and 1976, was the name used for the modern territory of Western Sahara when it was occupied and ruled by Spain between 1884 and 1976.
Romania – 2005 50th Anniversary of the first EUROPA stamp – Christopher Columbus
Romania – 2022 Henri Marie Coandă was a Romanian inventor, aerodynamics pioneer, and builder of an experimental aircraft, the Coandă-1910 described by Coandă in the mid-1950s as the world’s first jet, a controversial claim disputed by proof.
-Netherlands- 1991 Pieter Zeeman (Physics 1902)Spain – 1948 General Franco III (1948-1954)Spain – 2023 Luis de Unzaga Amezaga, Governor of Cuba
USA – 2007 James Stewart, Actor
-Chile – 2020 Ferdinand Magellan – Discovery of Straits of Magellan, 500th Anniversary
India – 2015 Rajendra Prasad, renowned for his humility, wisdom, and dedication to the nation, served as the first President of India, holding office from January 26, 1950, until May 13, 1962. Prasad was a key figure in the Indian freedom struggle and a stalwart of Indian politics
Interesting bunch! A few are looking right at “us,” but the one I noticed is Francisco Gomez de Quevedo. It’s as if he were really looking deeply into us, and finding something he didn’t quite like!
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Interesting bunch! A few are looking right at “us,” but the one I noticed is Francisco Gomez de Quevedo. It’s as if he were really looking deeply into us, and finding something he didn’t quite like!
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