Nzinga becomes Queen of Ndongo
For forty years she outfought and outwitted the Portuguese
In 1622 Nzinga negotiated with the Portuguese governor in Luanda; legend says that when no chair was offered, a servant knelt to become her seat. In 1624 Nzinga became ruler of Ndongo. Driven out by the Portuguese, she conquered the kingdom of Matamba, allied with the Dutch and fought on almost until her death in 1663. Today she is a national heroine of Angola.
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- 1610 Galileo's telescopic discoveries — 14 years earlier
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Alive at the time
- Galileo Galilei (aged 60)
- René Descartes (aged 28)
- Rembrandt (aged 18)
- James I (aged 58)
- Johannes Kepler (aged 53)
- Abbas the Great (aged 53)
- Nur Jahan (aged 47)
- Ferdinand II (aged 46)
- Tokugawa Hidetada (aged 45)
- Njinga of Ndongo and Matamba (aged 41)