Biography

Tuesday, 14 April 2026

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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 ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from ailurophobia - an irrational, terrifying fear of cats.
He was not the only one among the famous historical figures to suffer from this type of phobia. In a ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
In 1796-1797, Napoleon enjoyed military success in Italy.
The Polish Legions, commanded by General Jan Henryk Dabrowski, served under his orders.
Ludwig van Beethoven
The Ninth Symphony was something revolutionary, something that had never happened before in the history of music, the history of symphony.
The author introduced vocal parts into the last, fourth part - a quite large choir and four soloists ...
Napoleon Bonaparte
As a result of conquests, by 1812 France had expanded its territory to 750,000 square kilometers.
To its territory, it added Belgium, the Netherlands, the German provinces on the North Sea, the Illy ...
Charles Darwin
During his student days he was an avid collector of beetles.
Descriptions of some of his finds were published in James Francis Stephens' Illustrations of British Entomology.
Homer
The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War.
It depicts episodes from the final phase of the conflict between the Greeks and the Trojans - Homer ...
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.
Nikola Tesla
In 1879, Nikola Tesla suffered a nervous breakdown.
His father came to Maribor and begged his son to return home, but he refused. He was soon detained b ...
Rasputin
The local Orthodox community did not like Rasputin's activities as they were considered heresy and a source of demoralization and depravity.
The accusations went to the governor and the Orthodox authorities, who did not find any irregulariti ...