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Nakayama Miki (Oyasama / Foundress of Tenrikyo)

中山みき

Japan

1798 – 1887 (88 years old)

Affectionately revered as 'Oyasama' (Beloved Parent) by millions of Tenrikyo followers, Nakayama Miki became the living shrine of God the Parent (Tenri-O-no-Mikoto) in 1838, divesting herself of all possessions to teach the Joyous Life (Yokigurashi).

Tenri, Japan

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Joseph Poelaert

Joseph Poelaert

Belgium

1817 – 1879 (62 years old)

Visionary architect whose colossal masterpiece, the Palais de Justice of Brussels (1866–1883), was the largest building constructed in the nineteenth century, dominating the capital's skyline.

Brussels, Belgium

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King Leopold I

Léopold Ier / Leopold I

Germany

1790 – 1865 (74 years old)

The first King of the Belgians (1831–1865) who took the constitutional oath on July 21, 1831, successfully defending the new nation against Dutch invasion and steering Belgium into an era of peace and industrialization.

Laeken (Brussels), Belgium

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Dost Mohammad Khan

دوست محمد خان

Afghanistan

1793-12-23 – 1863-06-09 (69 years old)

Founder of the Barakzai dynasty who ruled Afghanistan through the turbulent Great Game, survived exile during the First Anglo-Afghan War, and unified the country from Herat to Kabul.

Gazar Gah, Herat, Afghanistan

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Félix de Mûelenaere

Félix Amand de Mûelenaere

Belgium

1793 – 1862 (69 years old)

Prominent Catholic statesman from West Flanders who served as Belgium's third Prime Minister (1831–1832) under King Leopold I and successfully managed early diplomatic negotiations with the Great Powers.

Pittem (West Flanders), Belgium

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Queen Louise of Orléans

Louise-Marie d'Orléans

Italy

1812 – 1850 (38 years old)

The beloved first Queen of the Belgians, eldest daughter of French King Louis-Philippe I, whose marriage to Leopold I cemented the Franco-Belgian alliance and who was renowned for her devoted charity toward the poor.

Laeken (Brussels), Belgium

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The Báb (Sayyid Ali Muhammad Shirazi)

سید علی‌محمد شیرازی (The Gate)

Iran

20 October 1819 – 9 July 1850 (30 years old)

Young merchant of Shiraz who in 1844 proclaimed himself the Gate (Al-Báb) to the promised divine messenger. Authored the Persian Bayan, launched sweeping spiritual reforms, and was martyred by a 750-man firing squad in Tabriz.

Tabriz, Iran

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Kurozumi Munetada (Founder of Kurozumikyo & Shinto Solar Mystic)

黒住宗忠

Japan

1780 – 1850 (70 years old)

A humble Shinto priest from Bizen Province who cured himself of terminal tuberculosis through mystical solar contemplation (Yohai), Kurozumi Munetada founded Kurozumikyo, teaching that each human heart is a direct droplet of the divine Solar Parent.

Okayama, Japan

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Wazir Akbar Khan

وزیر اکبر خان

Afghanistan

1816-01-01 – 1845-01-01 (29 years old)

Legendary Afghan military commander and folk hero who defeated the British army at the Battle of Gandamak during the First Anglo-Afghan War, securing Afghan national independence.

Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

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Jean-Baptiste van Mons

Jean-Baptiste van Mons

Belgium

1765 – 1842 (76 years old)

Celebrated Belgian pomologist, physicist, and chemist who bred over 400 distinct varieties of pears and apples, establishing Belgium as the historic capital of global pear horticulture.

Heverlee (Leuven), Belgium

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Shah Shujah Durrani

شاه شجاع دراني

Afghanistan

1785-11-04 – 1842-04-05 (56 years old)

Fifth ruler of the Durrani Empire who surrendered the Koh-i-Noor diamond to Ranjit Singh in Lahore and was placed back on the throne of Kabul by the British in 1839 during the First Anglo-Afghan War.

Kabul, Afghanistan

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Lord Durham (John Lambton)

John George Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham

Great Britain

1792 – 1840 (48 years old)

British statesman sent to investigate the 1837 Rebellions whose historic Durham Report recommended responsible government and the legislative union of Upper and Lower Canada.

Chester-le-Street (County Durham), United Kingdom

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Lievin Bauwens

Lieven Bauwens

Belgium

1769 – 1822 (52 years old)

Audacious Flemish entrepreneur who risked the death penalty by smuggling the British 'spinning mule' textile technology into Ghent in 1798, establishing Ghent as the 'Manchester of the Continent'.

Ghent, Belgium

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Handsome Lake / Gananyodiyo (Seneca Prophet & Moral Reformer)

Sganyadaí:yoh

United States

c. 1735 – 1815 (~80 years old)

The revered Seneca prophet and peace chief who revitalized the devastated Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, Handsome Lake experienced profound spiritual awakenings in 1799, establishing the Code of Handsome Lake (Gaiwi:io) that guides the Longhouse Religion today.

Nedrow, United States

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Chloe Cooley

Chloe Cooley

Canada

c. 1770 – c. 1800 (30 years old)

Enslaved Black woman in Upper Canada whose desperate, violent resistance against being bound and sold across the Niagara River in 1793 catalyzed the British Empire's very first anti-slavery legislation.

Lewiston (New York), United States

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Ahmad Shah Durrani

احمد شاه دراني

Afghanistan

1722-01-01 – 1772-10-16 (50 years old)

Founding father of modern Afghanistan who united the Pashtun tribes in 1747, established the Durrani Empire stretching from Iran to Delhi, and triumphed at the Third Battle of Panipat.

Kandahar, Afghanistan

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Mirwais Hotak

ميرويس خان هوتک

Afghanistan

1673-01-01 – 1715-11-01 (42 years old)

Visionary Afghan tribal leader affectionately known as Mirwais Neka (Mirwais the Grandfather) who liberated Kandahar from Safavid Persian rule in 1709, founding the Hotak dynasty.

Kokaran, Afghanistan

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Guru Gobind Singh Ji (Tenth Sikh Guru)

ਗੁਰੂ ਗੋਬਿੰਦ ਸਿੰਘ

India

22 December 1666 – 7 October 1708 (41 years old)

Tenth and final human Sikh Guru, warrior-philosopher, and master poet. Founded the Khalsa brotherhood of saint-soldiers at Anandpur Sahib in 1699 and conferred eternal Guruship upon the Guru Granth Sahib.

Hazur Sahib (Nanded), India

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