Biography

Thursday, 15 January 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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Gaius Julius Caesar
There were many fratricidal clashes during the power struggle with Pompey.
Caesar, however, showed honor and chivalry by donating the lives of defeated opponents, which distin ...
Homer
Seven Greek cities competed for the honour of being recognised as the birthplace of Homer.
The search for Homer's birthplace was carried out by determining which cities had schools or associa ...
Aristotle
Aristotle's line of thought greatly impacted Islamic viewpoints.
During the Islamic Golden Age in the middle ages, much of Aristotle’s work was translated into Arabi ...
Michelangelo
Michelangelo had a similar attitude towards Raphael.
He recognized outstanding talent in the young painter, who admired the master but harbored a deep di ...
Ernest Hemingway
In the 1930s, Hemingway often spent summers in Wyoming, hunting deer, elk and grizzly bears.
His friend John Dos Passos sometimes accompanied him. Driving him to the train station one day, Hemi ...
Ernest Hemingway
Contrary to prevailing legend, Hemingway was not the first person in liberated Paris, nor did he liberate the Ritz Hotel.
While there, he reconciled with Gertrude Stein and visited Pablo Picasso and Sylvia Beach.
Frederic Chopin
The period of his first compositional successes coincided with the period of his first love affair with Konstancja Gładkowska, the singer he called the ideal.
Christopher Columbus
This time the king responded decisively, sending Francisco Fernandez de Bobadilla west, equipped with far-reaching powers.
Upon arriving in Haiti, Bobadilla had Columbus and his son Diego arrested and sent back to Spain in ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare had likely been in London since 1588. In 1592, the first printed mention of Shakespeare appeared in a pamphlet by Robert Greene - an English writer, playwright, and critic.
The author criticized Shakespeare, accused him of plagiarism, and claimed that Shakespeare was just ...
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer dominated all scientific discussions.
He was so enthusiastic that he sometimes took over the seminar, which did not please the other parti ...