by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1700 - 1800 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Burke, Timeline
BURKE (Reynolds, Joshua. Portrait of Edmund Burke. Oil on canvas; 91 × 71 cm. 1774. National Portrait Gallery, London. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Portrait_of_Edmund_Burke_128.jpg.) Born: January 12, 1729 – Dublin, Ireland Died: July 9,...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 500 - 600 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Buddha, Timeline
BUDDHA (Subhrajyoti07. “Large Gautama Buddha Statue in Buddha Park of Ravangla, Sikkim.” Photograph, 2018. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Large_Gautama_Buddha_statue_in_Buddha_Park_of_Ravangla,_Sikkim.jpg (accessed October 4,...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 400 - 500 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Authors, Boethius, Timeline
BOETHIUS (Unknown. Boethius Initial Consolation Philosophy. Manuscript illumination. 1385. Glasgow University Library, MS Hunter 374. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Boethius_initial_consolation_philosophy.jpg.) Born: Circa 480 CE (likely in...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 1700 - 1800 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Documents, Timeline
BLACKSTONE (Unknown. Sir William Blackstone. Oil on canvas; ca. 1770. Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SirWilliamBlackstone.jpg.) Born: 10 July 1723, in a middle-class family in London Died: 14 February 1780 (at the age of 56) in Wallingford,...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 500 - 400 BC, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Bhagavadgita, Documents, Timeline
BHAGAVADGITA (“https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BhagavadGita-19th-century-Illustrated-Sanskrit-Chapter_1.20.21.jpg/960px-BhagavadGita-19th-century-Illustrated-Sanskrit-Chapter_1.20.21.jpg?20201009204146”) Born: N/A (Textual...
by Jonas Schaefer | Oct 1, 2025 | 700 - 800 AD, 99 Heroes on the Wall, Beowulf, Documents, Timeline
BEOWULF (“https://ebeowulf.uky.edu/ebeo4.0/CD/o/129r/129r.jpg”) Composed: c. 700–1000 CE (generally considered to be from the late 10th to early 11th century) Manuscript: c. 975–1025 CE Notable Early Epic: Oldest known epic poem in the English literary...
