Mary I of England

Mary I of England was the successor to her brother Edward IV. She was the daughter of  Cathrine of Aragon and Henry VIII. During her fathers tumultuous changes in religion, she stayed true to her beliefs. When she gained power she was nicknamed Bloody Mary for burning (what she believed to be) heretics at the stake.
She never birthed a child, although she tried many times.

Tycho Brahe

Tycho Brahe was born in 1546. He had one of the funnier theories about the Solar System. His theory was that the Earth was at the center, the Moon and Sun revolved around it and the rest of the planets revolved around the Sun. Tycho Brahe also had a metal nose as he lost part of his nose in a duel.

Louis XIV

Was born September 5 , but Died on September 1( Which is always cool if historical people die around their birthday). He was called the sun king because he played Apollo in a really long ballet. Louis XIV was king of France and lived in marvelous splendor including the Palace of Versailles.

Queen Victoria

Queen Victoria was born 1819. She became queen because of the line of inheritance and that her relative's who became rulers didn't have any children. She ruled for a long time and while she was queen the British Empire was one of the largest on earth. She married Prince Albert who she loved dearly. When he died she was heart broken and for years she did not have any public appearances.

Henry the Navigator

King Henry the Navigator was a King of Portugal, who had explorers round the Cape of Good Hope, the farthest any European had gone yet! He also started a university in the capital of Lisbon covering all the major sciences.
One of his ancestors was an English king, King James II.

Matthew C. Perry

 Matthew C. Perry landed in Japan in 1853 officially starting the opening of Japan to the rest of the world(although missionaries and traders came to japan beforehand). When he was directed to go to Nagasaki(the port open to the Netherlands) he refused and threatened to blow stuff up if the Japanese would not read his letter from the President , he even demonstrated with a few buildings.  A year latter he returned and the Japanese had done what the letter asked.  Matthew C. Perry died of Liver Cirrhosis due too too much drinking.

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt was the first  American to win a Nobel Peace prize. As a child he was sickly and had asthma but when he got older, he took up boxing and became very fit. He was a president of the U.S. and had 6 children. When he wanted to be elected again ,he started the Bull Moose party. The reason I thought he was interesting was that he had quite a lot of pets.