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Friday, 3 April 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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Abraham Lincoln
He was the 16th US President.
He assumed office on 4th March 1861.
Gaius Julius Caesar
Cleopatra bore Caesar a son - Ptolemy Caesar, commonly known as Caesarion.
He was the last ruler of ancient Egypt and was killed on Octavian Augustus' orders when he invaded E ...
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 ...
Kate Middleton
During her school days, she involved herself in many sports and cultural activities.
She engaged in ballet and tap dancing. Additionally, Kate was a member of a choir, with which she re ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
During his first two-week visit to Vienna in 1787, he almost certainly met Mozart.
In the years 1790-1792, Beethoven composed several works, showing greater maturity in them - he did ...
Nikola Tesla
He was a very hard-working student, working from 3 in the morning until 11 at night, excluding Sundays and holidays.
His father did not appreciate his success and hard work, and after he died in 1879, Nikola found a b ...
Jane Austen
Jane had numerous siblings - six brothers and one sister.
Her eldest brother James was ordained to the priesthood and served in the parish of Steventon toward ...
Charles III
He is the first member of the British monarchy to visit Cuba.
The visit took place in March 2019. He was accompanied by his wife Camilla.
Peter the Great
He introduced the Julian calendar in place of the Byzantine calendar.
At the time, the Julian calendar was used only in Protestant countries; Catholics had already been using the Gregorian calendar for 100 years.
Napoleon Bonaparte
At the internment, Napoleon stayed for six years. He stayed there in the company of a small group of dedicated comrades-in-arms. He spent his time dictating his memoirs and taking solitary walks along the ocean shore.
He died on May 5, 1821, at the age of 51. In 1840, his remains were transported to Paris, where he w ...