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Prince Metternich
Prince Metternich - Important 19th Century German-Austrian statesman and diplomat.
Klemens Wenzel, Prince von Metternich (May 15, 1773 – June 11, 1859) was a German-Austrian politician and statesman and was one of the most important diplomats of his era. He was a major figure in the negotiations before and during the Congress of Vienna and is considered both a paradigm of foreign-policy management and a major figure in the development of diplomatic praxis. He was the archetypal practitioner of 19th-century diplomatic realism, being deeply rooted in the postulates of the balance of power. For generations, Metternich was castigated as a blind reactionary. After World War I, some historians suggested that one of the main reasons for his opposition to giving power to the people was his apprehension that it would eventually lead to the political dominance of German nationalism.
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U. S. Contemporaries: Revolutionary War Cycle – Compromise Generation – Artist (Adaptive) (1767-1791)
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Founding of Jamestown, Virginia
John Smith memorial, Jamestown Island
Jamestown (or James Towne or Jamestowne) was a settlement located on Jamestown Island in the Virginia Colony. Founded as “James Fort” on May 14, 1607, it was the first permanent English settlement in what is now the United States of America, following several earlier failed attempts, including the Lost Colony of Roanoke. It was founded by the London Company (later to become the Virginia Company), headquartered in England. Jamestown was the capital of the colony for 83 years (from 1616 until 1699). The town was located in James City Shire upon its formation in 1634 as one of the original eight shires of Virginia. Within a year of Jamestown’s foundation, the Virginia Company brought Polish and Dutch colonists to help improve the settlement. In 1619, the first African slaves were brought to Jamestown by Dutch traders, marking the beginning of slavery in the future United States.
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Colonial Cycle – Elizabethan Renaissance Era – First Turning, High (1589-1620)
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Florence Nightingale
Florence Nightingale - Pioneering English nurse.
Florence Nightingale, OM, RRC (12 May 1820 – 13 August 1910), who came to be known as “The Lady with the Lamp”, was a pioneering nurse, writer and noted statistician.
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U. S. Contemporaries: Civil War Cycle – Transcendental Generation – Prophet (Idealist) (1792-1821)
Today’s Notable U. S. Event
Heritage Wedding
Recellas Adam Lepper and Ella Jeanette Hinman were married on 9 May 1873 in Iowa
Recellas Adam and Ella Jeanette were my Great-grandparents.
World War Cycle – The Gilded Age – First Turning, High (1866-1885)
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Harry Truman
Harry Truman - 33rd President of the United States
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953). As the 34th vice president, he succeeded Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died less than three months after he began his fourth term.
During World War I Truman served as an artillery officer, making him the only president to have seen combat in World War I (his successor Eisenhower spent the war training tank crews in Pennsylvania). After the war he became part of the political machine of Tom Pendergast and was elected a county commissioner in Missouri and eventually a United States senator. After he gained national prominence as head of the wartime Truman Committee, Truman replaced vice president Henry A. Wallace as Roosevelt’s running mate in 1944.
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World War Cycle – The Gilded Age – First Turning, High (1866-1885)
Lost Generation – Nomad (Reactive) (1883-1900)
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Freud
Sigmund Freud - Influential Austrian psychiatrist and creater of the clinical practice of psychoanalysis.
Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939), was an Austrian psychiatrist who founded the psychoanalytic school of psychology. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and the defense mechanism of repression and for creating the clinical practice of psychoanalysis for curing psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst. Freud is also renowned for his redefinition of sexual desire as the primary motivational energy of human life, as well as his therapeutic techniques, including the use of free association, his theory of transference in the therapeutic relationship, and the interpretation of dreams as sources of insight into unconscious desires. He was also an early neurological researcher into cerebral palsy. While of significant historical interest, many of Freud’s ideas have fallen out of favor or have been modified by Neo-Freudians, although at the close of the 20th century, advances in the field of neurology began to show evidence for many of his theories. Freud’s methods and ideas remain important in clinical psychodynamic approaches. In academia his ideas continue to influence the humanities and some social sciences.
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U. S. Contemporaries: Civil War Cycle – Progressive Generation – Artist (Adaptive) (1843-1859)
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Karl Marx
Karl Marx - German political economist and founder of the theory of Communism.
Karl Heinrich Marx (May 5, 1818–March 14, 1883) was a German philosopher, political economist, historian, political theorist, sociologist, humanist and revolutionary credited as the founder of communism.
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U. S. Contemporaries: Civil War Cycle – Transcendental Generation – Prophet (Idealist) (1792-1821)
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Kangxi Emperor
Kangxi Emperor - Longest reigning Chinese Emperor
The Kangxi Emperor ( May 4, 1654 – December 20, 1722) was the third Emperor of the Manchu-led Qing Dynasty and the second Qing emperor to rule over China proper, from 1661 to 1722. His reign of 61 years makes him the longest-reigning Chinese Emperor in history and one of the longest in the world.
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U. S. Contemporaries: Colonial Cycle – Glorious Generation – Hero (Civic) (1648-1673)
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Catherine II
Catherine the Great - Long serving Empress of Russia
Catherine II, called Catherine the Great (2 May 1729 – 17 November 1796). Reigned as Empress of Russia from 9 July 1762 until her death. Under her direct auspices the Russian Empire expanded, improved its administration, and continued to westernize. Catherine’s rule re-vitalised Russia, which grew ever stronger and became recognized as one of the great powers of Europe. Her successes in complex foreign policy and her sometimes brutal reprisals in the wake of rebellion (most notably Pugachev’s Rebellion) complemented her hectic private life. She frequently occasioned scandal — given her propensity for relationships which often resulted in gossip flourishing within more than one European court.
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U. S. Contemporaries: Revolutionary War Cycle – Liberty Generation – Nomad (Reactive) (1724-1741)
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Johann Gauss
Johann Gauss – Preeminent German mathematician and scientist
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, electrostatics, astronomy and optics. Sometimes known as the Princeps mathematicorum (Latin, “the Prince of Mathematicians” or “the foremost of mathematicians”) and “greatest mathematician since antiquity”, Gauss had a remarkable influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history’s most influential mathematicians. He referred to mathematics as “the queen of sciences.
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U. S. Contemporaries: Revolutionary War Cycle – Compromise Generation – Artist (Adaptive) (1767-1791)
