Michael Collins (1890 - 1922), Irish revolutionary, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, Chairman of the Provisional (Irish) Government, Commander-in-Chief of the National (Irish) Army, and so very hot. 

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1784-1844).  Father of Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Prince Consort to Queen Victoria. 

This is Sybil Ludington. Today is her birthday.

Sybil is not very well known and it’s a crying shame. The 16-year old was personally thanked by George Washington for her heroic feat, riding twice the distance of Paul Revere and warning the militia and rebellion sympathizers of the sacking of Danbury, CT. But thanks to Longfellow’s severely historically inaccurate poem, more people remember Revere’s ride than hers. *sighs* 

By the way? Revere got captured by the British after his stint and had a ton of other riders out on the roads with him or to switch off with. Sybil Ludington was by herself, in the rain, and she beat highwaymen trying to stop her doing her duty WITH A STICK, still managing to get the job done and home safe.

Thanks, Syb. You should make everyone happy inside with your pure badassery.

Astrid of Sweden (1905-1935) was a princess of Sweden and Queen of the Belgians.  She died tragically in a car accident at the age of 29 while pregnant with her fourth child. 

This is the lovely lad Hugh Roe O’Donnell, otherwise known in history and lore as “Red” Hugh O’Donnell, the fighting prince of Donegal, high king of Tyrconnell. Born in Donegal, Ireland, in 1572, imprisoned by an English lord when he was 15, he escaped 5 years later to be crowned king of Tyrconnell and later led a successful Irish army against the English forces (Battle of Yellow Ford, Battle of Curlew Pass) before being poisoned by a saboteur in 1602. He was and is a hero and symbol of freedom in Irish history, and he’s been my  crush since the seventh grade. (that was five years ago).

Prince Albert Victor, the Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892). Edward VII’s oldest son, he was the dashingly handsome third in line to the throne for his entire life. His brother went on to be King George V, because Eddy (as the family called him) died tragically young in 1892, during an influenza epidemic.

Chances are most of what you’ve heard about Eddy was a lie - especially the Jack the Ripper rumours. Probably the ones about him visiting the gay brothel are false as well (but tbh, if they’re true I can add him to my ‘hot bisexual royals’ crush list, which is awesome). He also wasn’t as stupid as his tutor told everyone he was. And of course, he was INCREDIBLY beautiful. 

I Love Edgar Allan Poe, I’m such a huge fan of his works. I personally have never read anything more beautiful than his eloquent writing, it just speaks to my soul. They just don’t make em like this anymore!

James Clerk Maxwell- Scottish theoretical physicist

His most prominent achievement was formulating classical electromagnetic theory. This unites all previously unrelated observations, experiments, and equations of electricity, magnetism, and optics into a consistent theory. Maxwell’s equations demonstrate that electricity, magnetism and light are all manifestations of the same phenomenon, namely the electromagnetic field. Subsequently, all other classical laws or equations of these disciplines became simplified cases of Maxwell’s equations. Maxwell’s achievements concerning electromagnetism have been called the “second great unification in physics”, after the first one realised by Isaac Newton.

Maxwell demonstrated that electric and magnetic fields travel through space in the form of waves and at the constant speed of light. In 1865, Maxwell published A Dynamical Theory of the Electromagnetic Field. It was with this that he first proposed that light was in fact undulations in the same medium that is the cause of electric and magnetic phenomena. His work in producing a unified model of electromagnetism is one of the greatest advances in physics.

Maxwell also helped develop the Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution, which is a statistical means of describing aspects of the kinetic theory of gases. These two discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.

Maxwell is also known for presenting the first durable colour photograph in 1861 and for his foundational work on the rigidity of rod-and-joint frameworks (trusses) like those in many bridges.

Many physicists consider Maxwell to be the 19th-century scientist having the greatest influence on 20th-century physics. His contributions to the science are considered by many to be of the same magnitude as those of Isaac Newton and Albert Einstein. In the millennium poll—a survey of the 100 most prominent physicists—Maxwell was voted the third greatest physicist of all time, behind only Newton and Einstein. On the centennial of Maxwell’s birthday, Einstein himself described Maxwell’s work as the “most profound and the most fruitful that physics has experienced since the time of Newton.” Einstein kept a photograph of Maxwell on his study wall, alongside pictures of Michael Faraday and Newton.

Post-Impressionist, Paul Gauguin. This is his self-portrait and he’s totally hot.

My history crush is Pierre Auguste Renoir - don’t know if he’s been up here before but he’s always been a favorite painter of mine, my Art History professor in high school always told us to remember him as the “Happy Impressionist” due to how he used little to no black paint in his works.

I ran into this wonderful portrait of a young Renoir modeling the latest Paris fashions for men by Frédéric Bazille, another impressionist painter and a friend of Renoir, at the Impressionism, Fashion and Modernity exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Anyone who is a fan of fashion or impressionism should check it out - here’s a preview: 

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2013/impressionism-fashion-modernity