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Tuesday, 19 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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Salvador Dali
In 1954, Dali and photographer Philippe Halsman published a book entirely devoted to the mustache.
Gaius Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar received 23 stabbings.
Of all the blows inflicted on him, only one was fatal, the second stab to the chest which pierced th ...
Ernest Hemingway
While in the hospital, he shared his room with Henry Serrano Villard, a writer who later became an ambassador.
Also, while in the hospital, he fell in love with a nurse seven years older than him, Agnes von Kuro ...
Sting
He grew up in a Roman Catholic family and attended Catholic primary and secondary school.
His mother, Audrey, worked as a hairdresser, and his father, Ernest, was a dairyman. The musician has a brother Philip and two sisters, Anita and Angela.
Jane Austen
The 1940 adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice"- "In Pursuit of a Husband" won an Oscar.
Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier played the roles of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy.
Hypatia
Hypatia is considered to be the first woman in history to make a significant contribution to the development of mathematics, astronomy and philosophy.
Napoleon Bonaparte
Among the reforms to improve the functioning of the state were some very innovative ventures.
Napoleon introduced in France, for the first time in the world, compulsory free education in public ...
Ludwig van Beethoven
Soon Beethoven began working with Neefe as assistant organist in the court chapel.
First, he did it free of charge (1782), and later he received remuneration (1784).His first three pi ...
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was born in 1564 in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, England, in the family home on Henley Street.
The exact date of William Shakespeare’s birth is unknown. Parish records show he was baptized on April 26th, 1564, so it is assumed that he was born three days earlier, on April 23rd, 1564.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Beethoven never married.
However, the names of the women he loved, often with reciprocity, are known. These women generally c ...