Born on This Day: January 13

Chinese emperor who restored the Han dynasty and established the Eastern Han, beginning nearly two centuries of renewed imperial rule.

Umayyad caliph whose patronage of libraries, scholarship, architecture, and translation made Córdoba a major intellectual center.

Dutch landscape painter whose tonal approach influenced the development of seventeenth-century European landscape art.

American statesman and jurist who opposed slavery, directed Civil War finance, and served as chief justice of the United States.

American writer and reformer whose organizing and advocacy advanced women’s suffrage, legal rights, and educational opportunity.

English author who created Paddington Bear, an enduring literary figure associated with kindness, migration, and belonging.