historical_figures

Honduras's Lempira Named After Lempira, Captain Of The Lencas

Lempira (d. 1537) was a war captain of the Lencas of western Honduras in Central americas during the 1530s, when he led resistance to Francisco de Montejo's attempts to conquer and incorporate the region into the province of Honduras.

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Honduras (1997) 1 Lempira (front) - Portrait of Lempira - Captain of the Lencas, Honduras during 1530s

Rate: 1 USD = 18.896 HNL (Honduras Lempira) (Source: Bloomberg 16 June 2008).

In Celebration Of Wesak Day

I am posting about Buddha stamp. On 20th December 2006, Nepal postal service department issued a Rupees 30 denomination new postage stamp to commemorate the 2550th the anniversary of Lord Buddha


Nepal (2006) Stamp of Lord Buddha

1) Subject: 2550 Anniversary of Buddha
2) Denomination: Rupees 30.00
3) Color: Four colors and phosphor print
4) Sheet Composition: 16 stamps per sheet
5) Size: 40 x 30 mm
6) Format: Vertical
7) Quantity: One Million only.

There Are 2 US Dollar Bills Which Do Not Feature President

The US $10 Dollar and US $100 Dollar banknotes are the only 2 bills which do not feature a President of the United States on the front. The $10 bill features the first US Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804)

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USA (2004) 10 Dollar - portrait of Alexander Hamilton

Guatemala's Hero Tecun Uman And His Quetzal Bird

Tecun Uman (1500-1524) was the last ruler of the Quiche people, in the highlands of what is now Guatemala. According to the Kaqchikel annals, he was slain by Spanish Conquistador Don Pedro de Alvarado while waging battle against the Spaniards in the grasslands of El Pinal (Valley of Olintepeque) on February 20, 1524.

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Quatemala (1989) Half Quetzal (front) - Tecum Uman And The Quetzal Bird

Jose Maria Morelos - One Of Mexico's Liberators

Jose Maria Teclo Morelos y Pavon (September 30, 1765, Valladolid, now Morelia, Michoacan – December 22, 1815, San Cristobal Ecatepec, State of Mexico) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo in 1811.

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Mexico (1977) 20 Pesos (front) - Portrait of Jose Maria Teclo Morelos y Pavon

Tadeusz Kosciuszko - Polish Hero Against Russian Empire

Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko (1746 – 1817) was a Polish, Belarusian and Lithuanian national hero, general, and leader of the Kosciuszko Uprising (1794) against the Russian Empire. It was a failed attempt to liberate Poland and Lithuania of Russian influence after the Second Partition of Poland (1793) and the creation of the Confederation of Targowica.

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Poland (1982) 500 Zlotych (front) - Portrait of Tadeusz Kosciuszko

Venezuela's Liberators of Spanish South America

Simon Jose Antonio de la Santisima Trinidad Bolívar Palacios y Blanco (born July 24, 1783 in Caracas, Captaincy General of Venezuela – died December 17, 1830, in Santa Marta, Colombia) was the most important leader of South America's successful struggle for independence from Spain, collectively known as Bolivar's War.

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Venezuela (1989) 5 Bolivars (front) - Simon Bolivar (left) and Francisco de Miranda (right)

Mahatma Gandhi - Father of India

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, (October 2, 1869–January 30, 1948) was a major political and spiritual leader of India and the Indian independence movement. He was the pioneer of Satyagraha—a philosophy that is largely concerned with truth and 'resistance to evil through active, non-violent resistance'

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India (2000) 5 Rupees (front) - Portrait of Mahatma Gandhi

Christopher Columbus First Landfall In New World Was The Bahamas

Christopher Columbus(1451 – May 20, 1506) was a navigator, colonizer, and explorer who was instrumental in Spanish colonization of the Americas (New World). His first landfall in 1492 in the New World was on an island he named San Salvador (known to the Lucayans as Guanahahani) which may be Samana Cay .........

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Bahamas (1992) 1 Dollar (front) - Portrait of Christopher Columbus

Algeria's Tribute To Hannibal's Army With War Elephants, Battle of Cannae

Hannibal is universally ranked as one of the greatest military commanders and tacticians in history. His most famous achievement was at the outbreak of the , when he marched an army, which included war elephants, from Iberia over the Pyrenees and the Alps into northern Italy.

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Algeria (1992) 500 Dinars (front) - Hannibal And His Army, War Elephants, Battle of Cannae