Biography

Monday, 18 May 2026
32 facts about Peter the Great
32 facts about Peter the Great
The first Emperor of all Russia
Peter the Great is considered one of Russia's greatest rulers. He was a great reformer, strategist, and builder who was the first of the tsars to trav ...

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Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven never married.
However, the names of the women he loved, often with reciprocity, are known. These women generally c ...
Kate Middleton
In her youth, Kate Middleton took up employment in various areas.
During her school days, she took up the usual casual employment for young people; she was a store at ...
Jane Austen
In 2017, a £10 bill with Jane Austen's likeness was introduced into circulation in the United Kingdom.
It is the only British banknote to have an image of a woman on the reverse (apart from the British Queen, whose image is on the obverse as an image of the monarch).
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
In high school, Volodymyr was nicknamed Hammer, after the popular American rapper MC Hammer.
Later he was called Green (after his surname). Volodymyr's interest in humanistic subjects was the cause of his father's displeasure, as he wanted his son to study science - mathematics and physics.
Frederic Chopin
In 1818, the first review of Chopin's works was published in print.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin died after a long illness on April 19, 1882, at the age of 73.
In recognition of his great contributions to science, Queen Victoria expressed the wish that the gre ...
Tadeusz Kosciuszko
According to the will, the heart extracted from Kosciuszko's body was placed in an urn and given to Emilia Zeltner, the daughter of Franz.
In 1819, Emilia took the urn containing Kosciuszko's heart to Vezia near Lugano and in 1829 to Vares ...
Ada Lovelace
In September 2022, Nvidia Corporation announced the Ada Lovelace graphics processing unit (GPU) microarchitecture, the successor to the Ampere architecture.
John Sutter
He was granted by Mexico land of 48,4 thousand acres (19,6 thousand hectares).
After erecting a camp, Sutter contacted local Nisenan and Miwok people, to whom offered work with expanding the settlement and building a fort.
Michelangelo
Michelangelo worked for seven popes in Rome.
The first of these was Julius II, for whom Buonarroti began a tomb that was to consist of about 40 s ...