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Sunday, 19 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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Robert Oppenheimer
In 1947, Oppenheimer took a position as director of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.
He received a hefty salary of $20,000 a year and the opportunity to live for free in a 17th-century house, with a cook and caretaker. The house was surrounded by woods covering 107 acres.
Charles III
Charles III is also interested in architecture. He has established several institutions, dealing with the issue of urban planning and architecture, which, as of 2018, form The Prince's Foundation.
In 1989, he published the book: A Vision of Britain: A Personal View of Architecture, in the pages o ...
Christopher Columbus
He had to wait some time before organizing the third expedition (1498-1500), as it was difficult for him to regain the lost confidence of the people.
He set out for the west with six ships. Three of them he immediately sent back to Haiti, with the others he sailed to the southwest hoping to find the Asian continent.
Michelangelo
After a year of apprenticeship in a painter's studio, he moved to the studio of the sculptor Bertoldo di Giovanni.
Bertoldo di Giovanni managed the Medici collection and introduced Michelangelo to the ruler of Flore ...
Abraham Lincoln
His mother was Nancy Lincoln, née Hanks. Her descendant, and therefore a descendant of Abraham Lincoln, is actor Tom Hanks.
Nancy’s father was also named Tom.
Hypatia
The exact date of Hypatia's birth is not known.
She was probably born around 355 or 370. Such dates are given in her biographies, written by ancient scholars decades after her death. Most modern scholars believe that Hypatia was born in 370.
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 ...
Anna Pavlova
In 1980, Igor Carl Fabergé, a member of the family whose company launched the Fabergé Eggs, licensed a collection of crystal wine glasses in commemoration of the centenary of Pavlova’s birth.
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 ...
Ada Lovelace
Ada had no contact with her famous father.
Lord Byron died in 1824 when Ada was eight. She wasn't even shown a portrait of her father until her ...