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Youssef Saheb Ettabaa

ูŠูˆุณู ุตุงุญุจ ุงู„ุทุงุจุน
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova
c. 1765 AD โ€“ 1815 (50 years old)

Powerful Husainid Prime Minister and Keeper of the Seal whose visionary patronage erected the monumental Saheb Ettabaa Mosque complex and Halfaouine palace in the historic medina of Tunis.

Tunis, Tunisia
Arts & Music
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Ismail Daoud al-Banna

ุฅุณู…ุงุนูŠู„ ุฏุงูˆุฏ ุงู„ุจู†ู‘ุงุก
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
c. 1750 AD โ€“ 1815 AD (~65 years old)

Master architect and chief engineer under Hammuda Pasha Bey who designed the grand ceremonial halls, carved plasterwork, and Italian marble courtyards of the Bardo Palace (now the Bardo National Museum).

Tunis, Tunisia
Hammuda Pasha
Monarchs, Kings & Royalty
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Hammuda Pasha

ุญู…ูˆุฏุฉ ุจุงุดุง ุงู„ู…ุฑุงุฏูŠ / ุงู„ุญุณูŠู†ูŠ
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia
1759 โ€“ 1814 (54 years old)

Husainid Bey of Tunis whose thirty-two-year reign (1782โ€“1814) marked the golden age of modern Tunisian statehood, defeating Venetian naval fleets and Algerian incursions while asserting independence from Ottoman Istanbul.

Tunis, Tunisia
Music
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Andrรฉ Grรฉtry

Andrรฉ Ernest Modeste Grรฉtry
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium
1741 โ€“ 1813 (72 years old)

Celebrated Classical composer from Liรจge who conquered Paris under Louis XVI, reigning as the undisputed master of French opรฉra comique with Richard Cล“ur-de-Lion and its famous aria 'Une fiรจvre brรปlante'.

Paris, France
Granville Sharp
Humanitarian & Peace
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Granville Sharp

Granville Sharp
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
1735 โ€“ 1813 (77 years old)

Pioneering British abolitionist civil servant who financed and litigated the landmark 1772 Somerset v Stewart case ruling slavery illegal on English soil, co-founding the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade.

Fulham (London), United Kingdom
Benjamin Rush
Humanitarian & Peace
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Benjamin Rush

Benjamin Rush
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States
1746 โ€“ 1813 (67 years old)

Pรจre fondateur des ร‰tats-Unis, signataire de la Dรฉclaration d'indรฉpendance, mรฉdecin hรฉroรฏque de l'รฉpidรฉmie de 1793 et pรจre de la psychiatrie amรฉricaine.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Isaac Brock
Military
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Isaac Brock

Isaac Brock
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง Great Britain
6 October 1769 โ€“ 13 October 1812 (43 years old)

Major-General hailed as the 'Hero of Upper Canada' whose bold capture of Detroit and sacrifice at Queenston Heights saved Canada from invasion.

Queenston Heights, Canada
Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration
Military Leaders & Strategists
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Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration

ะŸั‘ั‚ั€ ะ˜ะฒะฐะฝะพะฒะธั‡ ะ‘ะฐะณั€ะฐั‚ะธะพะฝ / แƒžแƒ”แƒขแƒ แƒ” แƒ˜แƒ•แƒแƒœแƒ”แƒก แƒซแƒ” แƒ‘แƒแƒ’แƒ แƒแƒขแƒ˜แƒแƒœแƒ˜
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
1765 โ€“ 1812 (47 years old)

Heroic Russian general of Georgian royal descent and favorite disciple of Suvorov who defended the flรจches at Borodino, inspiring Tolstoy's War and Peace.

Borodino (Mozhaysk), Russia
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