by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 800 - 700 BC, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Hesiod, Timeline
HESIOD AI Rendering Adobe Firefly Unknown. Naples-Type Hesiod. Date unknown. Marble. National Archaeological Museum, Naples. Link: https://history-biography.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/hhh.jpg Born: Circa 1200 BCE, Boeotia, Ancient Greece Died: Circa 1150 BCE...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1200 - 1300 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Documents, Heimskringla, Timeline
HEIMSKRINGLA (“https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Lbs_fragm_82%2C_0001v_-_1.jpg/330px-Lbs_fragm_82%2C_0001v_-_1.jpg”) Composed c. 1225–1235 CE by Snorri Sturluson. Survives in ~50 manuscripts/fragments; ~700 pages in modern editions....
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1500 - 1600 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Hugo Grotius, Timeline
GROTIUS (Van Mierevelt, Michiel Jansz. Hugo Grotius. Oil on panel. 1608. Wikimedia Commons.) Born: April 10, 1583 – Delft, County of Holland, Dutch Republic Died: August 28, 1645 – Rostock, Holy Roman Empire Notable International Law: Helped found modern international...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1500 - 1600 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Groote, Timeline
GROOT (Derkinderen, Antoon. Geert Grote met Volgelingen. Watercolor. ca. 1900. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Geert_Grote_met_volgelingen,_Aquarel_Antoon_Derkinderen.png.) Born: October 1340, in the Hanseatic city Deventer at the Bishopric...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1700 - 1800 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Goethe, Timeline
GOETHE (Stieler, Joseph Karl. Goethe. Oil on canvas; 100 × 80 cm. 1828. Neue Pinakothek, Munich. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goethe_(Stieler_1828).jpg.) Born: August 28, 1749, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Died: March 22, 1832, Weimar,...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1500 - 1600 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Galileo, Timeline
GALILEO (Sartorio, Aristide. Bust of Galileo Galilei. Bronze sculpture. 1883. W https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg/960px-Galileo.arp.300pix.jpg) Born: February 15, 1564, Pisa, Italy Died: January 8, 1642, Arcetri, near...
