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Wednesday, 13 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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Marilyn Monroe
Monroe was awarded a Golden Globe for her role in “Some Like it Hot.”
Robert Oppenheimer
He lacked laboratory skills. He did not feel comfortable in the laboratory, it took him a very long time to plan and carry out experiments, he even worked at night and still had a lot of catching up to do.
 He concluded at that time that theoretical physics would be closer to his heart than experimental p ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s mother came from the wealthy Arden family, well-known in Warwickshire.
Mary Arden was the youngest of eight siblings. Her father, Robert Arden, was a landowner in Snitterfield. After her father’s death, Mary inherited part of his vast estate.
Anna Pavlova
Anna died on January 23rd, 1931 in Hague, Netherlands, at the age of 49.
She died of pleurisy, which was a result of a 12-hour train delay she was forced to wait out in the ...
Frederic Chopin
He worked less and less, limiting the number of lessons to more advanced students.
His apartment became a place for evening meetings of friends. Most of his time was spent in the comp ...
Frederic Chopin
Chopin died on the night of October 17, 1849.
In his last moments he was surrounded by a few people close to him. In the death certificate tuberculosis was indicated as the cause of death.
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway was present during the Normandy landing on June 6th, 1944, but as a war correspondent, he was not permitted to leave the ship and had to conduct his correspondence from its deck.
He was also assigned to the 22nd Infantry Regiment and became commander of a small group of rural mi ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
In 1796-1797, Napoleon enjoyed military success in Italy.
The Polish Legions, commanded by General Jan Henryk Dabrowski, served under his orders.
Ada Lovelace
The Ada computer language was developed at the request of the U.S. Department of Defense. It was named in honor of Ada Lovelace.
In 1981, the Association for Women in Computing (AWC) established the Ada Lovelace Award. Since 1998, the British Computer Society has awarded the Lovelace Medal.
Ludwig van Beethoven
After the death of his brother Kasper, Beethoven tried hard to take care of his son Karl, because he believed that his widow, Johanna, was too promiscuous to take care of the child.
Unfortunately, Ludwig was completely unsuitable for raising his nephew, he did not lead a stable lif ...