Biography

Thursday, 5 February 2026

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Constantine the Great
As a future candidate for emperor (there was an informal succession of privileges in the Tetrarchy), Constantine stayed at the court of Diocletian, where he received a proper education.
He studied Latin literature, philosophy, and Greek. He spent time in the culturally diverse environm ...
Rasputin
He was born into a peasant family in the Siberian village of Pokrovskoye in Tyumen Oblast.
There is also uncertainty about his real name. Some studies state that his probable surname may have ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
In 84 or 83 BC, he married Cornelia, daughter of Lucius Cornelius Cynna, a Roman politician leader of the Popular party.
Cornelia was the first wife of Julius Caesar, entering into marriage when she was 14 years old. From ...
Gaius Julius Caesar
In the Julian calendar, July (iulius) was dedicated to Caesar.
Another, August (augustus) was dedicated to Octavian Augustus in later years.
Nikola Tesla
He attended elementary school in Smiljan, where he learned German, arithmetic, and religion.
The family moved to nearby Gospic, where his father became a parish priest. There Tesla completed el ...
Christopher Columbus
In May 1492, Columbus arrived at the port of Palos in Andalusia, where the town provided him with two caravels: Niña and Pinta, and leased a larger ship, the caravel "Santa Maria," as his flagship.
On August 3, 1492, the three ships set sail with a crew of about 90 men and, after a brief stopover at Las Palmas in the Canary Islands, set course westward. Columbus' first expedition had begun.
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare invented many words and phraseological compounds that entered everyday usage.
The list of words he introduced into the English language counts about 600 items. For example, Shake ...
Robert Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer dominated all scientific discussions.
He was so enthusiastic that he sometimes took over the seminar, which did not please the other parti ...
Nikola Tesla
At the end of his sophomore year, Tesla lost his scholarship and became addicted to gambling.
He lost his allowance and tuition money - he played pool. When it was time for exams, he was unprepa ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
On December 31, 2018, he officially announced his candidacy for the presidential election.
Zelensky's candidacy came as quite a surprise, both to Ukrainians themselves and to political scient ...