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Thursday, 21 November 2024
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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Aristotle
Aristotle was married to a Greek embryologist and biologist, Pythias the Elder.
She was an adoptive daughter of Atarneus’ tyrant ruler, Hermias of Atarneus. They had a daughter, Pythias the Younger.
Charles III
He became heir to the British throne when he was less than 3.5 years old. Charles' grandfather, King George VI, died on February 6, 1952, making the then 26-year-old Elizabeth Queen.
Although Charles was first in line to the British throne at such a young age, he had to wait another ...
Salvador Dali
Dali was the third Salvador in the family.
This was also name of his father and older brother, who died nine months before the birth of the pai ...
Hypatia
Because of the circumstances of her death, Hypatia has been called a "martyr of science".
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte was a Catholic; his baptism took place in the cathedral of Ajaccio.
As a 10-year-old, he began his education at the seminary in Autun, where he learned French. He atten ...
Roland Garros
Garros ended up in German captivity in 1915. During a raid on the Courtrai railway station in German-controlled territory, a fuel line in his plane became clogged, forcing him to land. Garros was captured by the Germans and sent to a POW camp at the fortress of Magdeburg, where he spent three years.
Before being captured, Garros managed to set fire to the fuselage, but the plane's cannon and armore ...
Amadeus Mozart
Amadeus had a sister, Maria Anna, five years older, who was called Nannerl by the household, also musically talented.
The other five siblings died in infancy.
Sting
In the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Sting appeared in many films - he has 19 acting roles to his credit. In addition, he appeared in films, TV series, and as a voice actor.
He made his debut in "Quadrophenia" (1979), followed by roles in "Artemis 81" (1981), "Brimstone &am ...
Nikola Tesla
In 1887, he developed an AC-powered induction motor.
Tesla's partners negotiated a licensing agreement with Westinghouse for Tesla's multiphase induction ...
Jane Austen
Jane Austen died on 18 July 1817 in Winchester at the age of 41.
The cause of the writer's death is unknown. It is speculated that she may have died of Addison's dis ...