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NATALIA OF SERBIA , BECAME NUN 15 May 1859 – 8 May 1941

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  NATALIA OF SERBIA , BECAME NUN   15 May 1859 – 8 May 1941 The whiplash of an angry cabdriver laid across the face of a gentle nun has revealed the forgotten experience of ex-Queen Natalie of Serbia, the most tragic Queen in Europe. The cabdriver was brutally beating an old horse on a street of the Montparnasse quarter – a horse cab in Paris, by the way, is a strange survival from the past. A crowd began to gather.  Among them was an elderly woman in the garb of a Sister of Mercy. As the lash fell upon the miserable beast she stepped forward and held up a hand in protest, gently rebuking the cab man and bidding him stop. For an answer, he diverted the blow intended for the horse, and laid the lash cruelly against the nun’s face! Now the crowd interfered, and gendarmes dragged the driver from his seat.  The Sister of Mercy went with them to the police station.  There she simply gave her name as Sister Natalie.  She asked mercy for the cab man, if he wo...

TATYA TOPE,MILITARY COMMANDER FOR INDIAN REBELLION 1857 DIED 1859 APRIL 17

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TATYA TOPE,MILITARY COMMANDER FOR  INDIAN REBELLION 1857 DIED 1859 APRIL 17 .Tatya Tope also misspelled as Tantia Tope[a] (1814 - 1859), was a general in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and one of its notable leaders. Despite lacking formal military training, Tatya tope is widely considered as the best and most effective rebel general on the Indian mutiny[2]. Born as Ramachandra Panduranga Yawalkar to a Marathi Deshastha Brahmin[3] family, he took on the title Tope, meaning commanding officer. His first name Tantia means General. A personal adherent of Nana Saheb of Bithur, he progressed with the Gwalior contingent after the British reoccupied Kanpur and forced General Windham to retreat from the city. Later on, Tatya Tope came to the relief of Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi and with her seized the city of Gwalior. However, he was defeated by General Napier's British Indian troops at Ranod and after a further defeat at Sikar, he abandoned the campaign.[4] According to an offi...

JOSHUA NORTON ,SEMI MENTAL DECLARED HIMSELF NORTON I OF UNITED STATES ON 1859 SEPTEMBER 17

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     JOSHUA NORTON ,SEMI MENTAL  DECLARED HIMSELF  NORTON I OF UNITED STATES  ON 1859 SEPTEMBER 17 Joshua Abraham Norton (c.1818[2] – January 8, 1880), known as Emperor Norton, was a citizen of San Francisco, California, who in 1859 proclaimed himself "Norton I, Emperor of the United States"[3] and subsequently "Protector of Mexico".[4] Emperor Norton Born Joshua Abraham Norton c.  1818 Probably present-day  London [1] Died January 8, 1880 (aged 61–62) San Francisco ,  California Years active 1859–80 Known for Proclaiming himself "Emperor of the United States" Parent(s) John Norton Sarah Norden Born in England, Norton spent most of his early life in South Africa. After the death of his mother in 1846 and his father in 1848, he emigrated to San Francisco with an inheritance from his father's estate, arriving in November 1849 aboard the Hamburg ship Franzeska with $40,000 (inflation adjusted t...