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A stamp of Dolly Parton because what's more American or beloved by Americans than that, right?

Dom Pedro I was born in 1320, the son of King Afonso IV and Queen Beatriz of Castile. In 1339, for political reasons, he married Constança Emanuel, a Castilian noblewoman. What no one expected was that Pedro would fall in love with one of Constança's ladies-in-waiting, the beautiful Inês de Castro. A romance began between them, which was soon talked about and not well accepted by the court. In October of the following year, Constança died while giving birth to the future king, D. Fernando I of Portugal. Widowed, Pedro, against his father’s wishes, brought Inês back from exile and united with her, causing a scandal in the court. This led to a rift between father and son. Afonso IV tried to resolve the situation by arranging a marriage for Pedro with a woman of royal blood, but Pedro rejected that. Meanwhile, his relationship with Inês bore fruit: between 1346 and 1354, Inês gave birth to four of Pedro’s children. Rumors started circulating that the Castilians were conspiring to kill the rightful heir, D. Fernando, so that Inês’s son could claim the Portuguese throne. In 1355, Afonso IV ordered Inês’s murder. On January 7, three men—Pêro Coelho, Álvaro Gonçalves, and Diogo Lopes Pacheco—ambushed Inês in the gardens where she and Pedro used to meet and killed her coldly. Legend says her tears turned into a stream, known as the Fonte das Lágrimas, and her blood turned the moss red at the place she got killed. Pedro’s anger at his father’s actions led to months of conflict, but Queen Beatriz intervened and brokered peace between them. In 1357, Afonso IV died, and Pedro became King of Portugal. In June 1360, D. Pedro I declared in Cantanhede that he had secretly married Inês in 1354 in Bragança, thus legitimizing their children. He pursued the murderers of Inês, who had fled to Castile. Pêro Coelho and Álvaro Gonçalves were captured and executed in Santarém (legend says Pedro had their hearts removed in front of him as he feasted). Diogo Lopes Pacheco escaped to France, but was later pardoned by the king on his deathbed. Pedro ordered the construction of magnificent tombs for himself and Inês at the Monastery of Alcobaça, where Inês’s body was moved in 1361 or 1362. Legend says that before placing her body in the tomb, Pedro seated her on the throne and made the entire court kiss the hand of the dead queen.

One of the most important Polish scientists, next to Skłodowska-Curie. Nicolaus Copernicus was Polish mathematician and astronomer who proposed a heliocentric system, that the planets orbit around the Sun. It was an alternative model of the universe to Ptolemy's geocentric system, which had been widely accepted since ancient times. The publication of Copernicus's model in his book “De revolutionibus orbium coelestium” (On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres), just before his death in 1543, was a major event in the history of science, triggering the Copernican Revolution and making a pioneering contribution to the Scientific Revolution. Britannica , Nicolaus Copernicus biography: Facts & discoveries , Copernicus: Revelations about the Renaissance Man

Tadeusz Kościuszko is a Polish and American national hero. He fought in Poland for independence, and in the USA for freedom of the USA. He was the designer of the West Point fortifications.

Jadwiga Andegaweńska became the King of Poland on 16 October 1384 at the age of eleven. She was crowned as a king, not queen. Her royal title was: Hedvigis Dei Gracia Rex Poloniae, necnon terrarum Cracoviae, Sandomiriae, Syradiae, Lanciciae, Cuyaviae, Pomeraniaeque domina et heres, (Jadwiga the grace of God, the Polish king, and heir to the land in Kraków, Sandomierz, Sieradz, Łęczyca, Kujawy and Pomerania). She was the daughter of Louis Hungarian, King of Poland and Hungary. Jadwiga married a Lithuania Grand Duke, Jogaila (Władysław Jagiełło) on 18 February 1386. After her death during childbirth on 17 July 1399, her husband became the King Ladislaus II of Poland. In 1997 she was made a saint by Pope John Paul II.

Asia Bangladesh: Begum Rokeya - A pioneer in women’s education and rights, she established the first school for Muslim girls in South Asia. India: Savitribai Phule - India’s first female teacher and a social reformer who worked for women’s education and against caste discrimination. China: Qiu Jin - A revolutionary poet and advocate for women’s rights, she fought against arranged marriages and promoted education for women. Pakistan: Malala Yousafzai - The youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate, advocating for girls' education worldwide. Europe Germany: Clara Zetkin - A Marxist feminist who played a significant role in the socialist women’s movement and helped establish International Women’s Day. France: Simone de Beauvoir - Philosopher and author of The Second Sex, a foundational text in feminist theory. United Kingdom: Emmeline Pankhurst - Leader of the suffragette movement, which fought for women's right to vote. Turkey: Halide Edib Adıvar - A writer, educator, and advocate for women’s participation in public life during Turkey’s early republican era. Africa Egypt: Nawal El Saadawi - A feminist writer and activist, she fought for women's rights in a patriarchal society and addressed issues like female genital mutilation. South Africa: Winnie Madikizela-Mandela - An anti-apartheid activist and advocate for women’s empowerment. Nigeria: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie - Renowned author and feminist voice, famous for We Should All Be Feminists. North America United States: Gloria Steinem - A journalist and activist, she co-founded Ms. Magazine and has been a central figure in the women’s liberation movement. Canada: Nellie McClung - A suffragist and key figure in the movement for women’s voting rights in Canada. Mexico: Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz - A 17th-century writer and nun who championed women’s education and intellectual freedom. South America Argentina: Eva Perón - An advocate for women’s suffrage and labor rights during her husband’s presidency. Brazil: Bertha Lutz - A suffragist and prominent figure in the fight for women's political rights. Chile: Gabriela Mistral - A poet, educator, and the first Latin American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, promoting women’s rights and education. Oceania Australia: Edith Cowan - The first woman elected to an Australian parliament, she worked tirelessly for women's rights and social justice. New Zealand: Kate Sheppard - A leading figure in the women's suffrage movement that made New Zealand the first country where women could vote. Middle East Iran: Shirin Ebadi - A lawyer and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, she fights for women’s and children’s rights. Saudi Arabia: Loujain al-Hathloul - A prominent activist who campaigned for women’s right to drive and an end to male guardianship laws. These women are just a few examples of countless figures worldwide who have dedicated their lives to advancing gender equality and women’s empowerment.

Hussars or winged hussars - elite heavy cavalry of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, consisting of the wealthiest nobility, belonging to the national organization. Its characteristic feature were wings attached to various parts of the armor or saddle. The Hussars were formed in 1503 and dissolved in 1776, then transformed into the national cavalry.

Marek Edelman was the last surviving leader or Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. He was a cardiologist. He is a very important person in polish culture. Connected to it’s history and literature. The interview with him and Hanna Krall is studied in polish schools. He was trying his best to stay strong and tell about the ghetto situation, even though these memories were very painful for him and made him stay silent for many years. Perfect date for memorising him would be April 19th, the memory day of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Photo of already exisiting stamps in Poland. Wikipedia link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marek_Edelman

Hồ Chí Minh[a] (born Nguyễn Sinh Cung;[b][3][4] 19 May 1890 – 2 September 1969[c]), commonly known as Bác Hồ ('Uncle Hồ')[7] or simply known as Bác,[d] also known as Hồ Chủ tịch ('President Hồ'), Nguyễn Tất Thành, Nguyễn Ái Quốc, Người cha già của dân tộc ('Father of the people'), was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman. He served as Prime Minister of North Vietnam from 1945 to 1955 and he also served as President of North Vietnam from 1945 until his death in 1969. Ideologically a Marxist–Leninist, he served as Chairman and First Secretary of the Workers' Party of Vietnam. Hồ Chí Minh was born in Nghệ An province, in Central Vietnam. He led the Việt Minh independence movement from 1941 onward. Initially, it was an umbrella group for all parties fighting for Vietnam's independence, but the Communist Party gained majority support after 1945. Hồ Chí Minh led the Communist-led Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, defeating the French Union in 1954 at the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, ending the First Indochina War, and resulting in the division of Vietnam, with the Communists in control of North Vietnam. He was a key figure in the People's Army of Vietnam and the Việt Cộng during the Vietnam War, which lasted from 1955 to 1975. Ho officially stepped down from power in 1965 due to health problems and died in 1969. North Vietnam was ultimately victorious against South Vietnam and its allies, and Vietnam was officially unified in 1976. Saigon, the former capital of South Vietnam, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City in his honor. The details of Hồ Chí Minh's life before he came to power in Vietnam are uncertain. He is known to have used between 50[8]: 582  and 200 pseudonyms.[9] Information on his birth and early life is ambiguous and subject to academic debate. At least four existing official biographies vary on names, dates, places, and other hard facts while unofficial biographies vary even more widely.[10] Aside from being a politician, Ho was also a writer, a poet, and a journalist. He wrote several books, articles and poems in Chinese, Vietnamese and French.

Cyrus the Great was the founder of the Achaemenid Empire and he was the one who wrote the human rights charter for the first time. The American Constitution was written using Xenophon's Cyropaedia, which was a description of Cyrus the Great and his style of government. Cyrus the Great was almost the founder of secularism because he left religion and belief free in his empire. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great